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How would angiogenesis and invasion influence tumor growth and metastasis in a patient with breast cancer?

Angiogenesis: new blood vessel growth, which is imperative for growing cancers as the vessels bring in needed supplies to sustain the cells
Invasion: a defining ability of malignancies, allowing the cells to disregard normal cellular barriers and disrupt nearby tissues

Cancer cells are able to produce local cell signals which “call” for new blood vessel growth, obviously advantageous to these cellsas growth can be sustained longer as new “food” keeps coming in in greater and greater quantities. … Continue Reading