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鈥檝e 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鈥檒l 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.
Introduction to Morbidity and Mortality
Skills You'll Learn
Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cancer, Cancer Stem Cells
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From the lesson
Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Metastasis
In the previous modules, we've looked closely at the sequential steps of metastasis and some of the biology of how metastasis occurs. Now, we'll turn our attention to morbidity and mortality, or in other words, how cancer hurts and kills people.
Taught By
Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.
The Donald S. Coffey Professor of Urology
Jelani Zarif
Prostate Cancer Researcher
Sarah Amend
Prostate Cancer Researcher
Haley Axelrod
Prostate Cancer Researcher
Kenneth Valkenburg
Prostate Cancer Researcher