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Nature 8 April 2009 | Nature 458, 686-687 (2009) | doi:10.1038/458686b
CUTTING OFF CANCER'S SUPPLY LINES
<Targeting the blood vessels that feed tumours is not the silver bullet once hoped for, but refinements to the strategy may suggest further ways to treat the disease.>
Erika Check Hayden
Drugs that aim to choke off a tumour's blood supply, known as angiogenesis inhibitors, have been hailed as opening a new era in cancer therapy. But a flurry of animal studies suggests that such drugs may in certain situations actually accelerate the spread of cancer.
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