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physical signs vs clinical symptoms
measured vs described
morbidity
impaireness
motality
cause death
leading cause of death in Ca
1. cardiovascular disease, 2. cancer, cerebrovascular (stroke)
most frequent cancer in women/men
breast and prostate
leading cause of death cancer
lung
etiology
cause of disease process
pathological and morphological sequelae
secondary consequence
prognosis
aniticipated course and final outcome
epidemiology
with population, we look for pattern and study risk
incidence/prevalence
number of new cases in a pop.

total number of cases in a pop.
Iatrogenic disease
result from a treatment by physician

7.5% in canada
alternative classification of disease
injury, inflammation, infection, immunological reaction, neop[lasia, metabolic or endocrine, nutritional, vascular disease, phychological factors.
injury cause
physical, chemical, biological, nutritional, immune reaction, genetic defects, cellular aging
vulnerable cell components
1. cell membrane
2. mitochondria
3. protein synthesis
4. DNA
change in cell size
atrophy
hypertrophy
hyperplasia
metaplasia
dysplasia
atrophy
decrease in mass due to shrinkage in cell size
cause of atrophy
ischemia
low nutrient
new steady state for the cell to survive
how is atrophy achieved (mechanism)
lysosome digestive enzyme degrade molecules inside
ubiquinitin-proteasome pathway:degrade proteins by ubiquitin binding
can atropy be physiological or patho.
can be both
aging in physio
hypertrophy
increase in size of cell, can by physiological or path.

due to increase function demand or hormonal stimulation
hyperplasia
increse # of cell
can act with hypertrophy

can be due to functional demand, hormonal and cell injuries repair
metaplasia
change into different cell type, if stimulus removed, goes back
may be loss of function
two types of cell death
necrosis and apoptosis
features of hydropic swelling/hydropic change
increase size
pale cytoplasm
impaired ion conc.
membrane pump inpaired, Ca accumulation
water increase
swell
mito swell
belbs
fatty change
accumulation of triglycerides
necrosis
cell death that cell cannot adapt to an enviornment
necrosis is characterized by structural changes including: (4)
intense eosinophilia (pink)
pyknosis (shrink)
karyorrhexis (fragment in pyknotic nucleus)
karyoloysis (dissolution of nucleus)
types of necrosis
coagulative
liquefactive
fat
caseous
cagulative necrosis
most common
all the stuctral change
"ghost"
eg. ischemia
liquefactive necrossi
rapid loss of architecture
most CNS by bactera damage
fat necrosis
adipocyte
fat complexes with ca form chalkywhite deposit
caseous necrosis
cheesy soft materia,
TB.
gangrenous necrosis
web gangrene
a coagulative necrosis and liquefactive
when they dry, they black and mummified and turn dry gangrene
Apoptosis features
energy dependent, organized
physiological or pathological
proteins invovled in apoptotic cells
caspase
endogenous endonuclease :break nucleus and cytoskeleton
apoptotic cell will turn into
apoptotic bodies with enclosing organelles be eaten by phagocytic cellls
what causes apoptosis or necrosis
necrosis: severe damage stimuli
lower grade and immune mediated damage: apoptosis

critical factor ATP
reversible or irreversible cell injury depends on
type of injury (duration +severity)
injured cell (lots of featurres)
ROS can cause cell injury. can be formed by?
ionizing radiation: water hydrolysis
during reperfusion 偶发tissueafterischemia头哦牧场oxygeninflammatorycells
惨initiatelipid培荣喜达提哦你lead痛damageinmembrane, DNAorform2你的damagingROS.
what do we stop ROS
spontaneous decay
catalase: convert H2O2 to water
glutathione peroxidase: reduce H2O2 to water
antioxidants: give protection
ischemia
causes coagulative necrosis,
-loss of blood, no oxygen
NO O2-->no ATP-->no pump-->water acucmulation-->swell-->rapture-
-more lactic acid (higher pH) cause reduction in protein synthesis

longer:
proteolytic enzyme release
Ca release to cause different pathways
leakage of protein into peripheral circulation can be detected
ischemia and reperfusion injury can cause injury by (4)
restoration can cause injury.
1. high ca and might not be regulated
2. damaged mito create ROS
3. local inflam. cell release ROS
4. injured cell have compromised antioxidant defense mechanisms
lipofuscin
intra. accumulation
degraded phospholipid
godlenbrown
melanin
brown-black pigment in skin
hemosiderin
iron rich brown pigment from break down of RBS
hemosiderosis
too much iron storage
most common oxogenous pigment
carbon from air
deposite into lung tissue and lymph node in lung
Fatty change and steatosis
intracellular accumulation of fat due to increased delivery of fat
-impairment of fat metabolism in liver
-low synthesis of apolipoproteins ( can not transfer out of the cell)
-small vacoule form large vacoule fat
fatty change is mostly caused by
alcohol
fatty change reversible or no
entirely reversible
inflammare
to excite
features of inflammation
dynmic process start with injury and healing then repair
defense mechanism can be harmful
stereotyped repair process
intesnsiry and duration and outcome is depend on host factor and etiological agent
must be nonleathal injury
infection is
a type of inflammation due to biological agents
what do we have to protect ourself
defense mechanisms
lysozyme
cerumen
anatomical barrier
stomach low pH
mucus cilia
lysozyme in urine
immune system
injury defeinition
excess stimulation or
effect of an excessive stimulus upon cell and tissues
exudation
outpouring of fluid and proteins and cells from vessels into intersitium or body cavidties
exudate
extravascular fluid rich in protein and cell
implies alternation of permeability of BV in area of injury
transudation
oupouring of fluid with little protein
transdate
ultrafiltrate of plasma and due to hydrostatic imbalance
permeability
pus exudate or transdudate?
purulent (hua nong de) exudate
by cell debris of PMNs
has powerful lysosomal enzymes
Cardinal signs
-Rubor
-Tumour
-Calor
-Dolor
functio
redness
swelling
heat
pain
impaired function
two types of inflammation
acute and crhonic
acute: short and exudation
PMNs present

Chronic: long, with lymphocytes macrophages and involved tissue repair
what causes inflammation (6)
1. anoxia (lack of oxygen)
2. Trauma: penetrating injury
3. immunologic reactions (humoral-B, cellular-T)
4. biologic agent
5. physiocal agent
-metabolic injury
events in acute inflammatory reaction
1. Vascular event (changes)
2. Cellular events
3. phagocytosis
4. mediator of inflammation
Vascular events
vascular flow , calibre and permeability change
triple responses of lewis
refer to vascular flow and calibre
1. pale line along area of stroke
2. flare
3. swelling and branching
actual change of vascular in inflammation
1. transient vasoconstriction (vascular contraction) of arterioelse: smooth muscle at arteriolar walls
2. vasodilation: open arterioles, capillaries, arterial venous shunts: result in blood flow and appears red and heat
3. permeability change with exudation: outpouring of liquid of protein from BV
4. slow blood flow cause cellular event take place
5. period: more severe faster
two events to increase vascular permeability
1. hydrostatic pressure in microcirculation (allow passive transport into interstitium)
2. widening of endothelial cell junctions: myofibrils within the cytoplasm of endothelial cells
Starling's hypothesis
fluid balance maintained by two opposing set of forces
1. flows out by
-osmotic pressure of interstitial fluid
-intravascular hydrostatic pressure
2. move in by
-osmotic pressure in plasma proteins
-tissue hydrostatic pressure
transudate is caused by
increase in intravascular hydrostatic pressure (vasodilation)
or decrease intravascular osmotic pressure (decreased albumin)
pg 24
Patterns of increased vascular permeability
5 mechanisms
1. immediate transient
2. junctional retraction
3. immediate sustained or delayed prolonged leakage
4.leukocyte dependent endothelial injury
5. increased transcytosis
Immediate trasient
contraction of endo. lead to gaps mediated by histamine, reversible. only in small venules not capi. or arterioles.
junctional retraction
cytokine mediated
reorganization of cytoskeleton and disruption of endo. cells junctions of venules
immediate sustained response
under severe injury
right after injruy and persist for hours
-direct endo. injury and end. cell necrosis and detachment
may induce delayed prolonged leakage: involves cap. and venules
Leukocyte dependnent endothelial injury
inflammatory cell release toxic oxygen and cause endo. cell detachment
mostly in venules, pumonary capi.
late in inflammatory
increased transcytosis
with presense of vascular endo. GF and mediators
increase venular permeability via a vesculovacuolar intracellular pathway
most clinically significant injuires is
immediate-sustained
Cellular event in inflammatory
most important feature
accumulation of leuk. at affected tissue
what will Leukocyte do
1. engulf, degrade things
2. release lysosomal
3. release chemical mediators
4.release toxic radicals
migration of leukocyte is called
exudation
Sequence of events of cellular events
1. margination
2. pavementing and rolling
3. adhesion and emigration
4. chemotaxis and activation
margination:
(1st step in cellular event under inflammation)
under viscous blood, WBSc are small and pushed to periphery
pavement and rolling
(2nd step in cellular event under inflammation)
adhesion molecules and leukocyte at endothelial cell surface
cell adhesion molecules CAMs are expressed by chemical mediation.
CAM families
cell-surface glycoprotein CAMs in response of chemotatic agents.
they are the selectin family
adhesion molecule L-selectin are on phagocytes' surface. and P-selectin those are leuk adhesion molecules and the number increases with cytokines.
adhesion & emigration
(3rd step in cellular event under inflammation)
adhesion: mediated by ICAM1 and VCAM both upregulated. integrins are only activated under chemotactic factors

after binding, leuocyte move between cell gaps called diapedesis
PMNs are usually first to at the site of infection except?
viral infections, lymphcoytes first
Chemotaxis & activation
(last step in cellular event under inflammation)
attracting cells toward infection site
chemokinesis: accelerated random locomotion cells
WBCs respond to this
PMN and monocyte most sensitive
Chemotactic factors for PMN
1. bacterial products
2. complement fractions (C5a)
3. arachidonic acid metabolites
4. cytokines (chemokines)
how do WBC sense chemotatic factor
some are cell surface receptors
once binding Ca2+ is involved and cause locomotion
locomotion
pseudopods have actin/myosin which is Ca2+ dependent
Phagocytosis has 3 steps
1. recognition and attachment
2. engulfment
3. killing/degradation
1. recognition and attachment
(phagocytosis)
two well known opsonins: IgG and C3b
IgG: Fc fragment receptor
C3b: opsonin receptor
2. engulfment
(phagocytosis)
complete enclosure by fusion with lysosomal granules in phagolysosome.
-leakage of H2O2 in to medium increasing tissue damage
requires!! Ca2+ and MG2_ to initiate microfilament and microtubules movement
note that: any intracellular movement involves Ca2+
3. killing and/or degradation
(phagocytosis)
what are the two types
a) oxygen dependent mechanism
b) oxygen independent bactercidal mechanism
oxgeyn dependent mecahnism for killing
oxidative burst using NADPH oxidase producing O2-. two ways of killing:
1) H2O2 myeloperoxidase halid system. producing HOCL which is highly antimicrobial
ii) MPO (myeloperoxidase) independent killing: requires O2
producing OH- free radical using H2O2+ O2-
oxygen-independent bactericidal mechanisms
H+ ion from increased lactate and carbonic anhydrase lower pH.

extracellular release of leukocyte products:
1. lysosomal enzyme
2.oxygen derived metabolites
3. products of arachidonic acid metabolism
when monocyte turn into macrophage what does it lose
MPO function
Mediators of inflammation
inc. neurogenic mechanisms and chemical mediators of inflammation
chemical mediators include (2)
1. cell derived vasoactive mediators
2. plasma derived vesoactive mediators
cell derived vasoactive mediators includes 4
1. arachidonic acid metabolites
2.platelet activating factors
3.amines: serotonin, histamine
4. endothelins
plasma derived vasoactive mediators includes 2
kinins and coagulation cascade

and

complement system
arachidonic acid metabolites drived from?
two end products?
what do they do?
derived from phospholipids of cell membrane
end products are Porstaglandins and Leukotrienes which
produce vasodilatation and increase permeability, and increase permeability and chemotactic
PAP platelet activating factor
what is generated by
what does it do
by all inflam. cells, endo cells
vasodilator, permeability, stimulate platelets, inflam cells, endo cells. produce aggregation of platelets.
chemotactic function
vasoactive amines includes :2

function?
histamine: found in grounules of mast cell/basophils/platelets

serotonin: only in platelets

effect: vesodilation, permeability
endothelins
peptide produced by endothelial cells, powerful vasoconstrictive effect.
does chronic trigger relies on acute?
no. low toxicity may incite a chronic
clinical difference between acute /chronic
duration of more than 2 weeks.
in chronic what is different in terms of tissue
chronic have more proliferation of cells and CT, less exudation.
chronic can be caused by 3
persistent infections
exposure to non degradable material
autoimmune reactions
chronic inflam cells
macrophage
lymphocyte
plasma cell
eosinophils
chronic divided into two forms
1: non-specific chronic inflam. : no pattern of tissue reaction, participating cells are mononuclear cells and CT cells
2. granulomatous inflammation is by a special tissue reaction, cells invovled are reticuloendothelial cells, largely macrophages (creating a wall off)
special case of chrnoic?
granulomatous inflammation
-presence of granulomas, are collection of epitheliloid macrophages and resemble epithelial cells (TB case)
-inner cells are giant cells.
morphologic patterns in inflammation: serous
mild injuries
albumin-containing exudate
secretion of serosal mesothelial cells
morphologic patterns in inflammation: fibrinous
more sever inflammation, deeply acidophilic
-have fibrin
-incrased permeability allow fibrinogen to escape
morphologic patterns in inflammation: suppurative or purulent
large amount of pus with neutrophils and liquified tissue debris and bacteria
morphologic patterns in inflammation: sanguinous
exudate with large number of RBS, serious damage to vessels, mixed form with other exudate.
often in TB
NEVER PURE that can have such as
fibrino-purulent
sero-sanguineous etc.
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: abscess
localized pus in tissue
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: Paronychia
infection extends around base of finger nail
hurts!!
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: felon
deep-seated infection at anterior portion of the distal phalanx of finger, cause osteomyelitis
empyema
localized pus in the pleural cavity
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: Ulcer
local defect or excavation of surface of an epithelium
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: pseudomembranous inflammation
a false membrane created by powerful necrotizing toxin. fibrin, necrotic epithelium and WBCs are on the mucosal surface.
happens in the intestine when ppl receive oral antibotics
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: fistula
abnormal communication betwen 2 hollow organs lined by endo. or epith.
location and special forms of inflammation or out come: : sinus
abnormal tract (communication) between solid organ to epithelium covered surface (skin)
eg.muscle with skin
Bacteriemia
micro-organism circulate in blood but no illness
septicemia
bacteriemia with illness
toxemia
illness due to bacterial toxin in blood rather than bacteria
what can defect the leukocyte function 6
1. number of circulating cells (less)
2. adherence (cant adhere)
3. chemotaxis: can not attract, the chediak0higashi syndrome the lazy leuokocyte
4 defect in phagocytosis
5. defect in microbicidal acvity
6. mixed defects
what produce fever`
Pyrogen
also prostaglandins
it increase metabolic rate and it is good.
high temp are lethal to denature bacteria proteins
how is tissue restored to structural and functional integrity? 3 steps
1. removal of exudate
2. removal of cellular and tissue debris
3. replacement of cell and tissue lost
regeneration vs repair
regeneration replace identical cells
repair replace cells either same kind or different/simpler type
three groups base on regenerative capacity
1. labile: throughout life
2. stable: lower normal level, reponse to stimuli
3. permanent: can not divide
variation in the ability of diff. kinds of cells and tissues to regenerate. which regenerate the best?
supporting tissues eg. c.t. fibrous, cartilage, BV, epithelium, epidermis, intestinal etc.
Atypical regeneration of an organ
restoration not only upon the parenchymatous tissue's ability to regenerate
(parenchymatous tissue means functional part of tissue)
restoration also depend on if the framework was destroyed.
which organ in mammals regenerate best
liver and lung
kidney and spleen are good too
what are the mechanisms involved in generation andd repair (2)
1. control of cell proliferation
2. collagenization of acquisition of wound strength
Control of cell proliferation(1st step of generation/repair)
-labile cells follow cell cycles and form mitosis
-stable cells stimulated to G1.
-stimulatory hormones and growth factors are released
hormones: estrogen progesterone somatotropin insulin
GF includes
PDGF
EGF
bFGF
VEGF
IL I IL II
TNF
nerve GF
macrophage derived GF

all GF are mitogenic

you have cell-interactions next
receptors interact and a group is called the integrins.
if stable cells arrest at G2 before entering mitosis, what does it appears like
polyploid cells (hypertrophy)
integrins
group of receptors includes
fibronectin R
platelet surfae R
Leuk. adhesion molecules

they recognize a specific AA sequence
ECM includes
collagen, glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, glycoproteins and fibronectins
fibronectin are what and found where
high molecular weight glycoprogeins can be found in
1. cell surface
2. basement membrane
3. pericellular matrix (ECM)
fibronectin can be produced by
fibroblast
endothelial cells
monocytes
what do fibronectin do in wound healing (5)
-facilitate migration of epithelium (glue)
-chemotactic for monocyte
-chemotatic for fibroblast
-stimulate endothelial migration and organization
-release bFGF from monocyte (make more)
Collagenization and wound strength (2nd step in regeneration)
involves proliferation of endothelial cells, fibroblast, and deposition of collagen in wounds.
under severe damage, parenchymnal cells and framework are disrupted, how can healing be done? regeneration?
repair?
can not use regeneration alone,
first forms granulation tissue
granulation tissue features
made up of what
pink soft granular and painless, resist to infection
made up of capi. fibroblast, inflammatory cells and ECM

later scar will form, cell will dimish cap will disappera and CT will laid down
Steps involving process of repair (3)
angiogenesis
fibrosis
maturation and organization of the scar
Angiogenesis (repair 1)
new vessle budding off from preexisting ones. they are immature and leaky.
edematous appearance (like a water blob)
what are the chimical mediators for angiogenesis
VEGF b-FGF
vascular endo GF
fibroblast GF
Fibrosis (repair 2)
proliferation of fibroblast
deposition of ECM
depends on GF
maturation and organization of scar (repair 3)
collagen and ECM degraded by metalloproteinases.
collagens 1234/fibronectin are also cleaved.
injured site is debrided and remodeled at CT
what is metalloproteinases
this thing degrades collagen and ECM, they cleave colagen 1 2 3 4 and fibronectin.
produced by inflam. cells and epi. cells.

they aid the debridement and remodeling of CT
what can digest Collagen fibers (2)
1. collagenase (by fB, macrop. PMN, epi cells)
2. metalloproteins
components of BM
type IV V, laminin, fibronectin, heparin sulfate proteoglycan
what are the Extracellular CT components (4 categories)
elastic fibers
laminin
glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycans
fibronectin
elastic fibers are produced by?
what are the two components
how is the life time
what digest this
fibroblast produces this
two components: elastin (amophours) and elastic microfibril (fiber like)
long half-life
elastase (bacteria, macrophage, PMN)
where is laminin
what are they
what do they do
(in ExtraC CT and BM)
they are large glycoproteins
they mediate attachment of epi. cells to IV collagen
attachment of epi. cell to BM
what do glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycans in Extracellular CT do
arrange orientation of Collagen Fib.
fibronectin is what kind of molecule
associated with what
produced by what
what is it called in blood
what is the primary function
is a large glycoprotein
associated with surface of the cell, BM and matrix
produced by fibroblast, monocyte and endothelial cells
in blood is called cryoglobulin
it interact cells and matrix
how would wound strength compare to the original strength
why?
never gain intitial strength
70=80% restored at 3 months

due to diff. type of collagen and organized not that well
what type of collagen is found on
1. adult skin
2.granulation tissue
3.cicatrization (yu he)
1
3
replacement of 3 to 1
for skin wounds, what are the 3 steps.
1) crust formation: quick provisional closure
2) removal of dead tissues, debris exudate
3)replacement of lost cells and tissue
(skin wounds crust 1)what is closing up the wound forming a crust?

why do we need the crust?

what condition is required for forming a crust
coagulated blood that dries and become the crust or scab

1. stop leaking 2. stop infection

1. blood 2. permit drying
(remove dead tissue, skin wounds 2)
two ways of removing
1. slough off at zone of demarcation
2. phagocytosed by lymphatics
-liquefaction first
what is a zone of demarcation
the zone that dead tissue slough off
(Replacement of lost cells and tissues, skin wounds 3)
two major processes
what kind of cells under go these processes
1. cell migration
2. cell division (proliferation)

fibroblast, endothelium, epithelium
in skin wound, in order for epithelium to migrate in sheet it requires what
a substratum made up off granulation tissue and fibronectin
cicatrization what is.
conversion of granulation tissue to scar by closing small vessels
keloid
the repaired skin that has no skin appendages, they are homogenous and haylinized made up of basophilic collagen fibers.
more fibroblast are found here.
two types of repair and intension
primary and secondary

primary refers to superficial wound
secondary repair is when a lot of tissue is loss and wound can not be approximated
restitutio ad integrum
what does it mean
means restore to original conditions in primaryr epair
primary repair features

repair takes up what (repair or regen or both)
only epidermis is gone, dermis is intact
NO BLEEDING
only regeneration of epithelium
small or no scar
in deeper cuts, surgury required
in secondary repair, whats the feature
loss of tissue, edge won't approximate

this requires granulation tissue forming a scar
can not regenerate only
3 periods for secondary repair
1. latent period (size of wsound no change)
2. period of contraction( shrinkage of granulation tissue, pulling edges)
3. epidermization (after contraction the process of epidermals)

20-25 cm or more requires skin grafting
what are the factors (4) affect rage of healing
age
size of wound
secondary infection
dietary statues (vitamin, protein intake)
Dysplasia
abnormal in size and organization called cellular pleomorphism
ncuelus shape and size are different too called nuclear pleomorphism
cellular pleomorphism
nuclear pleomorphism
size and shape are different in cells, and nucleus
what kind of plasia is pre-malignant lesion??
dysplasia
what does it mean to be pre-malignant
no invasions.
Neoplasia/neoplasm
new and abnormal growth of tumour

abnormal mass of tissue, growth exceed and uncoordinate with normal tissue and remains the same after cessation.
cancer means what kind of plasia
cancer is malignant Neoplasm, malignant means it is invasive and spreads
and metastasis means it is maligant
benign tumour
does not invade/spread
Nomenclature
benign tumour
suffix of:
majority are named suffix of:
-oma
tissue type-
eg: adenoma: B tumour form glands
eg: papilloma: B tumour form finger-like projections
two exceptions for B tumours
melanoma
lymphoma
malignant tumours nomenclature
when they are involved with mesenchymal cells they are :
when they are involved with epithelial cells they are:
-sarcoma
-carcinoma

eg: adenocarcinoma: M tumour that is an epithelial and found in glandular growth pattern
eg: squamous cell carcinoma: M epithelial tumour made of squamous cells
eg: Fibrosarcoma: M tumour made of fibrous tissue
Mixed tumour
can either be benign or malignant
Teratoma
2 or more germ layers arising from mesnchymal cells
can be mixed tumour
Choristoma
ectopic rest
normal tissue at wrong area
B tumour
Hamartoma
disorganized tissue in normal location
B tumour
Cyst
a fluid filled space
differentialtion levels
B tumour is?
lack of differentiation is called
well moderately poor
well
anaplasia
anaplasia
lack of differentiation
cellular/nuclear pleomorphism
hyperchromatic nuclei
increase mitosis
loss of polarity
tumour giant cell
rate of growth with:
B tumour
M tumour
correlates with
inversely orrelates with
slow
fast (except leiomyoma during pregnancy is slow)
blood supply (nutrients)
differentiation, poorly=faster
central necrosis
fast growing tumours dies cus grow 2 fast
carcinoma in situ
when carsinoma localize on basement membrane, situ=origin spot

this is a severe dysplasia
Metastasis
tumour implant discontinuous from primary tumour.
sign of malignancy!
Metastasis can have 3 pathways
1)seeding via body cavity
2)lymphatic spread
3)hematogenous spread
seeding via body cavity
where most common
peritoneal cavity
can be on pericardial pleural subarachnoid cavities
lymphatic spread
initial dissemination is common, follow natural draiange
hematogenous spread favours which type of tumour
sarcoma
liver and lung are frequent
four phases of M tumour
1. transformation (carcinogenesis)
2. growth of transformed cell
3. local invasion
4. distant metastases
Transformed cell are usually how many
what is transformed
1
no normal growth/differentiation
0no inhibitory signal
-resistant to apoptosis
-defect DNA repair
-unrestricted proliferation
-angiogenesis, invasion, metastasis
time required for tumour double in volume depends on
growth fraction: cell cycles/total cells
cell loss factor (if many restrictions are loss)
cell production over cell loss
similar cell cycle phase

tumour with high growth fractions can be chemotheraprized
minimum size for detection tumour
how many cells
how many doublings
how many more doubling is lethal
1 cm^3, 1gm

10^8-9

30

30 x 10
Tumour angiogenesis
what does it do
tumour secrete angiogenic factors and inflammatory cells (tries to kill tumour)
induce many growth factors
fBGF VEGF PDGF H1F1a
Tumour progression and heterogeneity
means tumour metastasis into subgroups varies in antigencity and others. and the stronger one survives
how tumour invade and metastasis
secrete proteolytic enzyme degrading ECM and bind to ECM by the interaction of numbers of adhesion molecules like laminin receptor and intergrins.

penetrate BV and lymphatic by same mechanism, move via binding to platelets and WBC and bind endothelium

extravaste ad metastaic site and grow
local effect of tumour on host
depends on location and infrigement (invasion)

@leiomyoma: bleeding (B tumour)
neoplasm in gut: obstuction (hard to move)
pituitary adenoma: growth destruction of the gland
GI tumour: bleed
ovarian: torsion

also: infraction, rupture, ulceration secondary infection
Hormonal effects of tumour on host
B cell adenoma in pancrease affects insulin and cause hypoglycemia, low sugar
adrenal cortex adnoma loses steroid and have 2ndary effect
carcinoid tumour: carcinoid syndrome
cancer cachexia
severe cancer
loss of fat/lean body mass with weakness, anorexia (doesnt wanna eat) anemia.

caused by :
reduce food intake
reduce synthesis/storage of fat
paraneoplastic syndrome
symptom complex cancer cause but cant explained. due to local or distant spread of cancer. or different hormones
we categorize cancer in two main parts
grading and staging
grading:
estimate aggressiveness of neoplasm base on differentiation level.
stagin: clinical importance
base on tumour size, lymph noe spread and metastasis of other oragans
clinical staging: base on evidence acquired prior to the decision as to odefinitive treatment
pathological stagin: include info obtained at surgery and from examination of tissue by patholgist
systems of staging (2)
TNM by union
Tumour nodes metastases
american joint commitee divid stages O to IV similar to TNM