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antiangiogenic

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[an-tee-an-jee-uh-jen-ik, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˌæn dʒi əˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

noting or pertaining to a substance that reduces the growth of new blood vessels needed by tumors to grow and metastasize.

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antiangiogenic

Chemotherapy will also be used with treatments that aim simply to stop tumors from growing, such as the so-called antiangiogenic factors, relatively nontoxic compounds that blunt the growth of new capillaries.

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Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb is testing an antiangiogenic drug that was initially developed to keep cancer from worming its way into surrounding tissue.

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Clinicians are testing more than a dozen treatments aimed at halting that process, including some old-line drugs that have turned out to have antiangiogenic properties.

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Also close to reality are the so-called antiangiogenic factors, relatively nontoxic compounds that inhibit the growth of new capillaries.

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