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Translational and Clinical Oncology

Objectives

With the clinical oncology module we aim to give the view of cancer as a disease, differently from the module of basic oncobiology; Students will only have classes given by MD PhDs or MD PhD students that are practicing clinicians that perform patient oriented research (POR); Students will learn diagnosis, clinical characteristics, therapy and management aspects for the most frequent tumor types; Understanding the most frequent tumor types & the unmet medical needs in oncology POR research; Initiation of the students in the practice of translational & clinical research in oncology;- Acquisition of theoretical knowledge of the basic tumor types; Evaluation of data and compilation of clinical analysis with scientific rigor; Acquisition of skills in scientific communication.

General characterization

Code

1091013

Credits

5

Responsible teacher

Sofia Azambuja Duarte Santos Braga

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

English

Prerequisites

 

Bibliography

 

Teaching method

LECTURES - theoretical approach to the subjects; PRACTICAL LECTURES - presentation of journal clubs developed by students in the UC.

Evaluation method

·       Presentation and Discussion (40%);

·       Written examination (60%).

 

Subject matter

·       Cancer as a disease in the clinical, therapeutic and societal perspective;

·       The big 4 carcinomas: colon, prostate, breast and lung;

·       The other relevant neoplasias: head & neck, upper digestive carcinomas (esophagus, gastric & pancreatic), gynecology (ovary, endometrium and cervix), genitourinary (kidney & bladder), hematology, neuro oncology, melanoma);

·       Psychooncology;

·       Familial cancer & understand genetic risk;

·       Translating the knowledge of molecular alterations into diagnosis, therapy in cancer;

·       Clinical trials;

·       Rational drug development, drug approval, cost;

·       Legal & ethical aspects of POR research;

·       Journal Club presentations;

·       Preparation of scientific communications, oral and paper;

·       National and foreign translational & clinical researchers of recognized merit in the respective scientific areas should be invited to minister lectures and seminars.

 

Programs

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