Lecture 1: Cancer 101

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Cancer

a disease in which abnormal cells proliferate in an uncontrolled fashion and spread through the body

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Percentage of newly diagnosed cancer involving the skin

50%


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Percentage of cancer death resulting from lung cancer

25%

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Hypertrophy

increase in cell size and normal organization

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Hyperplasia

increase in cell number and normal organization

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Metaplasia

reversible change in the type of differentiated cell present (may include an increase in cell numbers)

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Dysplasia

non-reversible change in the type of cell present, usually poorly differentiated

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Neoplasia

cells are proliferating in an uncontrolled, relatively autonomous fashion

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Why does cancer risk increase with age?

mutation accumulation, reduced repair,

and immune decline