Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying from cancer every year. As people live longer, the incidence of cancer is rising worldwide, and the disease is expected to strike over 20 million people annually by 2030. Everyone has been, or will be touched by cancer in some way during their lifetime. Thanks to years of dedication and commitment to research we’ve made enormous advances in the prevention and treatment of cancer, But there is still a lot of work to be done. In this course, physicians and scientists at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine explain how cancer spreads or metastasizes. We’ll describe the major theories of metastasis and then describe the biology behind the steps in metastasis. The course also describes the major organs targeted by metastasis and describes how metastases harm the patient.
The role of mutations in primary tumor formation and evolution
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Understanding Cancer Metastasis
Johns Hopkins University
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Primary Tumor Growth and Neoangiogenesis
In this module, we'll focus on uncontrolled cell division, which is a defining property of cancer, as well as mutation and neoangiogenesis and their roles in tumor formation. We'll also take a look at a primary tumor microenvironment and its component cell types.
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Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.The Donald S. Coffey Professor of Urology
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
Jelani ZarifProstate Cancer Researcher
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
Sarah AmendProstate Cancer Researcher
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
Haley AxelrodProstate Cancer Researcher
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
Kenneth ValkenburgProstate Cancer Researcher
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
