Lecture 15 Neoplasia IV

Question 1

What is Avastin?

Answer 1

VEGF antibody.

Question 2

Name 4 things cancer cells can de in response to antiangiogenic medicine:

Answer 2

1= produce more angiogenic facctors.

2) Promote progenitor cell division from bone marrow
3) Pericyte increase prtects tumor blood vessels.
4) Tumor cells migrate to oxygen rrich tissues.