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Article: Belgian researchers explore revolutionary approach to angiogenesis.
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- October 19, 2004
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2004 OCT 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A revolutionary approach to angiogenesis by a team of Belgian researchers could make cancer treatment more effective at killing tumors.
Dr. Olivier Feron and his team from the University of Louvain Medical School in Brussels have turned the whole concept of targeting tumor blood vessels on its head. Instead of the conventional approach of trying to starve tumor cells of the blood supply they need to grow, they are doing the opposite - opening up the tumor blood supply to allow better access for cancer drugs and more effective radiotherapy.
The potential for exploiting tumor blood vessels has been made possible ...