my recurrence was found after all my reconstructive surgeries were done. my husband and i wonder if the surgery 'woke things up and got them moving again'. i dont' know if what i found on the interent makes sense.
I was also having lymphatic massage and wonder if that got the bad cells moving around. my docs say no way.....
The growth of blood vessels into tumors is only half of the story. It was postulated as long ago as 1971 by Dr. Judah Folkman that prevention of
angiogenesis could inhibit tumor growth by starving them of vital nutrients.
The existence of natural inhibitors of angiogenesis was hinted at by an intriguing observation made by surgeons. They found that the surgical removal of a large
primary tumor often lead to the rapid development of
metastatic growths. This observation suggested that the primary tumor was producing something that kept small metastatic growths from progressing. When the large tumor was removed, the smaller tumors were free to grow.