Priniciples of Disease

Note: This educational material contains graphic images of tissue and disease - it is only intended for use by medical students and medical professionals.

In the box to your right, you will find three examples of Interesting host-tumour interactions involved in invasion and metastasis, they will be described. Also how we describe the point on the journey the tumour has reached (stage) and how much further it is likely to go (prognosis).  We will also describe the methods used to judge how quickly the tumour is travelling along the pathway (grade). 

You can view a number of other undergraduate lecture outlines on the Leeds Virtual Pathology website.  Simply click on the 'VISITOR' button and you will enter the pages where a whole host of topics can be visited.