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...face of skepticism and eventually founded the field of angiogenesis, the study of the growth of new blood vessels. This led to a new approach to cancer treatment, in which the blood supply of tumors is targeted, at a time when surgery and chemotherapy drugs were overwhelmingly emphasized. Folkman??s contributions live on in the 1.2 million patients who have undergone treatment based on his research and in the more than 1,000 laboratories worldwide that continue his investigations, according to Children’s Hospital Boston. Folkman, the son of a rabbi, was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
...Folkman??s anti-angiogenesis studies made the news in 1998 by successfully curing mice of cancer...
...Avastin announcement is the first major triumph in this field,” Li said. “This marks a turning point in the war against cancer because it proves for the first time that Dr. Folkman??s theory is correct...
...Folkman??s research on vessel growth began in 1971, Folkman said...
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