1. Patterns of growth & their regulation
2. Atrophy
3. Metaplasia & dysplasia
4. Dysplasia, neoplasia - pleiomorphism
5. Regulators of cell growth
6. Normal (regulated) growth vs. autonomous tumor growth
7. Comparison of benign vs. malignant neoplasms
8. Invasiveness of a malignant growth
9. Characteristics of benign vs. malignant tumors
10. Tumor cell mobility facilitates invasiveness
11. Invasiveness finds path of least resistance
12. Abnormal angiogenesis in tumor growth
13. Generation time vs. doubling time
14. Embolization & metastasis
15. Probable pathways for metastasis
16. Metastasis via lymphatics
17. Establishment of secondary growth
18. Obstructive effect of tumor
19. Adhesions result from neoplasia
20. Tumor impairment of marrow function
21. Summary of tumor effects
22. Oncogenes render cells vulnerable to transformation
23. Initiation steps must precede promotion steps
24. Damaged DNA – an initiation step
25. Carcinogenic agents
26. Tumor staging
27. Effects of chemotherapy
28. Immunotherapy
29. Factors interfering with immunotherapy