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A.  Tumors: Failure of Lymphocytic Defense, Local Damage, and Metastases
         Lymphocyte
        Tumor
        cell                                         Migration
                CD95                                      Penetration
                ligand
                                                         Blood stream
                               Neuronal
                               displacement             Adhesion
                  Apoptosis       Intracranial           Penetration
                                  pressure
                                                           Proliferation
                                     Epilepsy
         1                                                             of Tumors
         Lymphocytic          2
         defense              Local damage,      3
                              e.g. brain tumor
                                                 Metastatic spread     Effects
        B.  Effects of Tumors
                                Tumors
                                                                       Plate 1.8
           Death of tumor cells  Energy
                                requirement

              K +
        Uric                     Glucose      Hypoglycemia
        acid                    consumption
             Hyper-  Abnormal
            kalemia  blood clotting                   Glucagon
                                             Insulin,
                                            somato-    Cortisol
        Hyper-                              medines
        uricemia  Blood    Iron
                   loss  consumption                 Catecholamines
                                   Lactate+H +
          Antibodies
                   Iron deficiency  Angiogenesis       Blood
                                                     pressure
                                    Acidosis
                             Cardiac
                 Anemia      output        Hormonal    Aldosterone
                                            disorders
                                                              Tumor
                                                            cachexia
           Myasthenia
                 Parathyroid
                  hormone,  Testosterone  VIP,   TSH        ADH
                     DAF              serotonin
                                Prolactin   Gastrin    Somato-
               CaHPO 4                                 tropin
                                                Hyper-      Hyper-
          Renal          Virilization  Diarrhea  thyroidism  hydration
         damage
                   Bone
                 breakdown    Galactorrhea  Ulcers   Acromegaly       17
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