LAMP 4177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neoplasm, Metastasis, Necrosis
4 Apr 2016
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There is no term in the entire lexicon of medicine that strikes more terror than the word cancer with considerable justification -pathological basis of disease. Every year in the us approx 1. 5 million people are diagnosed with cancer. Cancer accounts for 23% of all deaths in the us. The tumor will persist even after the stimulus is removed. Cancer: the common term for all malignant tumors or neoplasms neoplasm. Epithelia --named by their sight of origin, their microscopic characteristics or their macroscopic characteristics, followed by -oma . Mesenchymal --named in their sight of origin, followed by -oma . Mesenchymal -- named by their sight of origin, followed by sarcoma . Epithelial --named by their sight of origin, their microscopic characteristics or their macroscopic characteristics, followed by -carcinoma . -semi quantitative estimate of the clinical gravity of a tumor. Grade: based on the degree of differentiation of the tumor cells. (determined by looking at the tumor under the microscope)
