Welcome to EPISODE 3 of the pathophysiology series! Today’s episode is going to cover cancer and neoplasms and give you an overview of the pathophysiology of cancer from a generalized perspective. There are many cancers and they progress and act very differently from one to another but all we are covering today is the basics! This episode will be a little longer than the last two, but we will do our best to make it worth the time.

As always we encourage feedback about our podcasts and content, and we welcome recommendations for new podcasts…So, If you are a nursing student or a practicing nurse and think of a topic that would add value to this community of nurses and nursing students that are exposed to this material, we are happy to dig into the research and provide the most up to date information on those topics!

Today’s episode is going to cover cellular injury including reversible and irreversible cell injury, some of the mechanisms of cell injury, as well as what happens to a cell, once cell injury becomes cell death! If you haven’t heard the first episode on cellular adaptation, we encourage you to go back and listen to that as some of the information from episode one will be referenced in this episode! 

As always, we encourage feedback about our podcast and content, and we welcome recommendations for new podcasts! If you are in nursing school or are a practicing nurse and think of something that would add value to the community of nurses and nursing students, please let us know! We are happy to dig into the research and provide the most up to date information on those topics! 

This episode covers cellular adaptation and some of the processes our body uses to maintain homeostasis! We cover atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, metaplasia, dysplasia and more! Don't miss the opportunity to sharpen your mind regarding the world of pathophysiology for nurses! 

We are very excited to work through this series as we explore the world of pathophysiology from basic to advanced, regarding what you will see in the nursing field. Our goal with this podcast is to equip nursing students and practicing nurses with easily digestible content that will allow you to grow in new areas if you are a student and hopefully sharpen your tools and thought processes even if you are a practiced nurse! We are ALL continuously learning as medicine is an ever-growing ever-changing field and if we aren’t striving to grow, we will inevitably be left behind by the changing times and technology.