Targeting the vasculature of visceral tumors: novel insights and treatment perspectives

摘要

Background Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from the endothelium of the existing vasculature, describes a crucial process in tumor growth, disease progression, and metastasis. Therefore, the upcoming strategy of inhibiting tumor angiogenesis has generated different treatment modalities, which have been transferred into clinical practice in recent years. Currently, this concept is applied to target the vasculature of different visceral tumors and intensive clinical research has just started.