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Volume 333:1757-1763 December 28, 1995 Number 26
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Clinical Applications of Research on Angiogenesis
Judah Folkman, M.D.

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Angiogenesis is fundamental to reproduction, development, and repair. All these processes depend on the tightly regulated growth of blood vessels that can "turn on" and "turn off" within a brief period. When blood vessels grow unabated, angiogenesis becomes pathologic and sustains the progression of many neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. The realization that tumor growth requires new blood vessels and the identification of chemical factors that mediate angiogenesis have broadened our understanding of pathologic processes and opened new avenues to the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.

Tumor hypervascularity was initially thought to reflect inflammatory vasodilation of preexisting host vessels, a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Angiogenesis in Neoplastic Disease

Angiogenesis in Non-Neoplastic Disease

Clinical Applications

Diagnostic and Prognostic Applications

Therapeutic Acceleration of Angiogenesis

Therapeutic Inhibition of Angiogenesis

            Interferon Alfa-2a to Treat Life-Threatening or Sight-Threatening Hemangiomas

            Ocular Neovascularization

            Arthritis

            Cancer

General Principles of Antiangiogenic Therapy

Future Directions


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From the Departments of Surgery and Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School; and the Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital — both in Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Folkman at Children's Hospital, Hunnewell 103, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115.

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