EGF and cancer: Cancer growth and peritoneal metastasis are angiogenesis dependent, a process which involves several angiogenic factors including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), basic fibroblast growth factor, prostaglandin E2, interleukin-8, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1, and the matrix metalloproteinase family [4]–[6].