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From: Bacteria and tumours: causative agents or opportunistic inhabitants?

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Proposed mechanism of bacterial entry to and proliferation within tumours. Tumour (pink/purple) development leads to recruitment of new blood supply, involving disorganized and leaky vasculature, permitting circulating bacteria (black) to enter the tumour. Bacteria replicate primarily within hypoxic (pink) tumour regions, which feature immune suppression, abundant nutrients and low oxygen.

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