Oncology: Understanding Cancer Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

ONCOLOGY

Second leading cause of deaths in the United States

Men: Lung, prostate, colorectal

Women: Lung, breast, colorectal

Eighty percent diagnosed over fifty-five years old

Pathophysiology of Cancer:

Genetic mutation of D N A

Inherited or acquired (most common)

Leads to invasion (tumor) and metastasis via blood and lymph