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Mamanfu t1_j4xfa4p wrote
I have learned that one big reason cancer cells cause problems is because along with crowding out space for normal cells. They steal nutrients and resources like water oxygen glucose and every other molecule needed for cell growth through angiogenesis. What if we were able to "starve," our cancer cells (this is where I would don't have a specific mechanism). Preventing them from having resources to be able to divide uncontrollably - it takes energy. Cool. Let's pull the plug on their source and let it naturally recede.
Tekzy t1_j4y4boo wrote
Angiogenesis inhibitors are a thing that we use to "pull the plug" on certain types of cancers. If you look up the hallmarks of cancer, there are about 10 attributes which a cancer possesses that makes it able to grow, with one being angiogenesis, others being evasion of the immune system, resistance to apoptosis etc. Each of these attributes have been targeted in the pursuit to fight cancer. Axitinib is an example of a angiogenesis inhibitor.
marieterna t1_j4xgc7b wrote
Hypertumors are tumors that invade and disrupt the growth of an already existing tumor. Hypertumors essentially “steal” nutrients from the “host tumors.” The host tumor and hypertumors essentially compete for resources.
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