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8. Continuous angiogenesis
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This tumor, about a tenth of a millimeter wide and three-tenths of a millimeter long, is also growing on the body cavity wall. It has attracted new blood vessels to grow up to it from the normal muscle tissue below. When tumors get to be this size, they need continuous angiogenesis to keep on growing, otherwise their growth will stop.

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