HTHSCI 1DT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bronchiole, Bevacizumab, Telomerase
13 Aug 2020
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Mod. 1-23 introduction to lung cancers 1. Mod. 1-23 introduction to lung cancers: review of lung cancer, advances in adenocarcinoma, molecular pathology and therapeutics, implications for pathologist, new difficulties for pathologist. Introduction: lung tumour types, benign: do not metastasis, can cause local complications if obstructs the airway, malignant: potential to metastasis, but variable clinical behaviour from relatively indolent to aggressive. Adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma. Treatment possible through resection, radiotherapy or non-specific chemotherapy: small cell lung cancer (sclc) 25% Cells look small under microscope but multiple quickly and form large tumours that can spread throughout the body: mostly found in males, but incidence been rising in females due to change in smoking habits. This is also reflected in the increasing mortality rate in females: there has been an increase incidence of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (bac) and reduction in squamous carcinoma.
