The Relationship Between Epithelia and Cancer

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The most common cancers in Australia are all epithelium. This is because they create the barriers between cells and environment. The more you want to go the cell cycle, the more likely statistically you are to have a mutation put into your genetic material. And therefore increased likelihood of a cancer arising. It's just less efficient as it was when you were born, let's say. So that's also on top of that is as you age, you have more errors in the system, right? Yes.

One of the four tissue types of the body, epithelia lines and protects our organs from the external and internal environment. In this episode, Dr Matt & Dr Mike explain how the different shape and layers of epithelia tell you what function it performs (form = functions) and highlight examples in the body where you can find each type. They also explore cancer, metaplasia, dysplasia, and Dr Matt's mums skin cancer diagnosis and surgery.

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