Learning objectives
The student will acquire basic knowledge on tissue injury and response to injury (inflammation, hemostasis, tissue repair) as well as of introductive information on tumor biology.
Course unit content
Cell injury and cell death.
Inflammation: types and classification, events and mechanisms, cells, mediators, systemic effects.
Hemostasis: phases, defects and excesses, thrombosis, embolia, infraction.
Tissue repair: mechanisms and defects.
Basic elements of oncology.
Bibliography
Maier e Mariotti "Patologia Generale e Fisiopatologia", McGraw Hill