Neoplastic tumors acquire nutrients and oxygen

How do cells of the neoplastic tumors acquire nutrients and oxygen and release wastes?

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In neoplastic tumors a phenomenon named angiogenesis happens. Angiogenesis is formation of newest blood vessels. Neoplastic cells bring the formation of new blood vessels to irrigate and exhaust the neoplastic tissue.

Angiogenesis is significant because the tumor growth based on it. A lot of research on the cancer has tried to find out natural and synthetic substances to hold back angiogenesis.

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