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For more than 100 years tumors have been observed to be more vascular than normal tissues. This tumor hyperemia was first explained as a result of simple vessel dilation of existing host blood vessels, or as inflammatory reaction in response to tumor growth.
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Machein, M.R., Plate, K.H. (2004). Role of VEGF in Developmental Angiogenesis and in Tumor Angiogenesis in the Brain. In: Kirsch, M., Black, P.M. (eds) Angiogenesis in Brain Tumors. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 117. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8871-3_13
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