William Li's "Can we eat to starve cancer?": Corrections & Updates

Angiogenesis is the process of growing new blood supply. Numerous researchers continue to explore control of the growth of blood vessels as a method to starve cancers and inhibit their damaging effects. The number and types of cancers that can be treated this way and the types of treatments continues to grow, though not all have proved as effective as hoped. And the findings around which foods may or may not have beneficial effects in this area continues to be an active area of scientific scrutiny and debate. As a result, William Li's "Can we eat to starve cancer?" should be viewed as a good primer on angiogenesis and a snapshot of the state of the field in 2010. But it should not be viewed as suggesting the most up-to-date medical thinking on treatment.

Updated August, 2017