How Cancer Hijacks Wound Healing to Create Its Own Blood Supply (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

How Cancer Hijacks Wound Healing to Create Its Own Blood Supply

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Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, (left) and PhD student James V. McCann have shed light on how cancers hijack the body's natural wound-healing response to grow and spread.

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Josh Barney | UVA Health System

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