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10.-03-21 Tumor Angiogenesis - Ayurvedic Aspect

Dr.komal behl 10-03-21 We define Cancer as an uncontrolled proliferation (division) of cells leading to the formation of tumor .But how these cells manage for nutrition and oxygen for their growth and and division? If these rapidly dividing cells do not get oxygen and nutrition then their division will get slow down and they will die. These cancer cells are very smart, they manage to develop a network of blood and lymph vessels around them to get oxygen and nutrients from the blood and give back waste material through lymph vessels. This process of development of new blood vessels is called Angiogenesis. Tumor growth and its metastasis( spread) depends on angiogenesis .There are certain angiogenetic factors which stimulate the process of Angiogenesis. Normally this process includes few steps: 1.Tissue has basement membrane of endothelial cells 2.Basement membrane got injured which causes destruction and hypoxia(oxygen deficiency) 3.This causes angiog