Cancer cells compress intratumour vessels
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- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 427 (6976) , 695
- https://doi.org/10.1038/427695a
Abstract
The delivery of therapeutic drugs to solid tumours may be impaired by structural and functional abnormalities in blood and lymphatic vessels1. Here we provide evidence that proliferating cancer cells cause intratumour vessels to compress and collapse. By reducing this compressive mechanical force and opening vessels, cytotoxic cancer treatments have the potential to increase blood perfusion, thereby improving drug delivery.Keywords
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