LMP299Y1 Lecture 15: Lecture 15.pdf
12 May 2015
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Lecture 15 cancer and tumour markers. Discuss process leading to cancer. Consequences of cancer what happens to the patient after they have been diagnosed with cancer and the disease progression. Define and discuss tumour markers/cancer markers. Incidence and mortality by disease. Because it"s one of the disease that affects a large population of people. Males and females are prone to different types of cancer. Cancer (neoplasia) means new growth and the new growth is a neoplasm. Tumour originally applied to swelling. Today is equate with neoplasm tumour the physical entity. Oncology (greek=tumour) is the study of tumours or neoplasms. Cancer common term for all malignant tumours. Multistep process but starts with one cell. Local inhibitory systems cannot control it thus keep multiplying. Often invades other parts of the body can go beyond original tissue. One of the cells will lose its ability to remain differentiated for a number of reasons. Stop controlling the inhibitory mechanisms.
