Food for Thought: Angiogenesis and Healthy Eating

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |

<p>The body is continuously&#160;supporting the state of healing and growth&#160;— a&#160;vital function for&#160;human&#160;survival. But&#160;it can&#160;easily&#160;be taken advantage of by cancer.&#160; Angiogenesis, a process that helps the body heal by creating new capillary connections that deliver oxygen and nutrients within the body, can be hijacked to grow tumors.&#160;Drugs that block the process of blood-vessel creation, known ... <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2026/03/angiogenesis-and-healthy-eating/" title="Food…

Topics: oncology