Thread: Neoplasia - Lecture Notes with Images

Neoplasia - Lecture Notes with IMAGES

Very Nice Presentaion


Definitions•Types of growth disturbances•Morphological criteria for malignancy•Histological grading versus clinical staging--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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NEOPLASIA-2: important concepts•Multi-step carcinogenesis•Hereditary predisposition•Functional and molecular criteria for malignancy•(Some recurrent molecular pathways)•Are there “metastasis genes” ?•Tumor stem cells
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Everyday Examples (1):A 42 year old female visits her physician, after discovering a lump during breast self-examination•How to diagnose further (physically, imaging, fine needle aspiration, lab tests, ...)•How to analyze pathological data: benign or malignant ?•Prognosis ?•What are the risk factors ?•How does increased screening (mammography) alter how we need to address this disease ? What new knowledge do we need to acquire ?•How will treatment and diagnosis change in the future ? (are already changing)

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