HSS 2305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Metastasis, Malignancy, Oncogene

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2305
• Professor: Francois Cossette

Document Summary

16. 5) tumor-supressor genes and oncogenes the importance of cell and molecular biology techniques. A process that causes cells to behave like cancer cells. Mass of abnormal cells within otherwise normal tissue. Mass of abnormal cells that remains at the original site if they have too few genetic and cellular changes to survive at another site; can be completely removed by surgery. Mass of abnormal cells whose genetic and cellular changes allow them to spread to or invade new tissues and impair the function of one or more organ; the cells are also considered as transformed cells. Spread of cancer cells to a location distant from their original site.