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Targeting Blood Vessels to Fight Cancer
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By targeting blood vessels that grow into tumors, researchers hope to reduce the size of the tumor, making it more responsive to chemotherapy or immunotherapy. This approach involves delivering certain chemicals to the tumor over time using polymers that are connected to the blood vessels.
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By targeting the blood vessels that grow into tumors, cancer growth can be slowed or stopped by starving the tumor of nutrition.
14:14 - 19:51 (05:37)
Cancer
Summary
By targeting the blood vessels that grow into tumors, cancer growth can be slowed or stopped by starving the tumor of nutrition. Researchers are exploring methods of delivering chemicals over a prolonged period of time to inhibit the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors.