KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Prostate Cancer, Dysplasia, Lung Cancer
6 Jun 2014
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Benign tumors do not grow uncontrollably, do not invade neighboring tissues, and do not spread through the body. Benign tumors still looks like the original host cell and does not look irregular under a microscope. Sometimes they can mutate again and can develop into cancer. Canadian cancer stats: an estimated 2 out of 5 canadians is expected to develop cancer during their lifetimes (40% of canadian women and 25% of men, type of cancer more prevalent for: men (prostate) and women (breast) Common types of cancer: some of the other cancers that we"re at increased risk at developing based on. Us study and population: lung 3, melanoma (type of skin cancer) 6, blood cancers leukemia (very dangerous)- 7, bladder and testicle 7, gynecologic 10, colorectal (very common amongst men and women) 10% After a period of time some cells mutate further: within this hyperplasia, a second mutation occurs one of these.
