CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2021; 42(02): 168-171
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732849
Trainees’ Corner

Angiogenesis in Cancer

Srujana Joga
1   Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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Venkata Pradeep Babu Koyyala
2   Homi Bhaba Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Introduction

It took two centuries to describe the role of angiogenesis inhibitors in tumor shrinkage by Judah Folkman, after the term angiogenesis was initially coined by John Hunter. Even later, the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was discovered by Napoleon Ferrara. This concept of angiogenesis has revolutionized the field of oncology in better understanding the mechanism of cancer progression, resulting in the development of numerous targeted therapies for cancer treatment. Hence, in 2000, Hanahan and Weinberg rightly enumerated the induction of angiogenesis as one of the hallmarks of cancer.



Publication History

Article published online:
05 August 2021

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