VEGFA and cancer: Finally, cancer cells recruit large numbers of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-positive hematopoietic progenitors (CD133+/CD34+/VEGFR3+) and colonize distant lateral metastatic sites (Figure 2) (Vizio et al., 2013; Volk-Draper et al., 2019; Lugano et al., 2020).