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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS RYT 1127 BASIC ONCOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Radioterapy

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BARBAROS AYDIN

Offered to

Radioterapy

Course Objective

Teach the basic tasks and oncologic information which required to understand the properties of the oncologic diseases, psychosocial problems of cancer patients, realize the cancer treatment side effects and to play a role in clinical trials

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Obtain information about what cancer is and how it formed. 2   Gain an awareness of the natural history of cancer. 3   Obtain information about frequency, distribution of age and gender of cancer and factors playing a role in the formation. 4   Describe cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis. 5   Describe the processes for the diagnosis, staging and treatment decision of cancer 6   Obtain information about surgery, radiotherapy, systemic therapies. 7   Gain awareness about the importance of cancer clinical trials 8   Describe the terms of cancer supportive care, rehabilitation, psycho-social approach, cancer control. 9   Gain ability to use basic oncology knowledge with some observations in the daily practice of oncology .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction and Carcinogenesis 2 Natural History of Cancer and Cancer Epidemiology 3 Cancer Etiology 4 Cancer Prevention 5 Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis 6 Cancer Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Cancer Policy 7 Cancer surgery and Systemic Therapies 8 Effects of radiation therapy on tumor cells 9 Effects of radiation therapy on normal cells 10 Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Cancer and different fractionation schemes 11 Clinical Side Effects of Radiotherapy 12 Clinical Trials, Supportive Care and Rehabilitation 13 Psychosocial Approach and Cancer Control

Recomended or Required Reading

- Türk Radyasyon Onkolojisi Derneği Temel ve Klinik Radyoterapi Kitabı, 2013 - UICC Clinical Oncology, Pollock RE, Ed., 2004 - Material in the form of slide presentation and text of the issues

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion, demonstration, animation, small group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 AS ArasınavTeo 2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS * 0.50 + FN * 0.50 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) AS * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is made and evaluated in accordance with the principles SHMYO teaching and exam rules.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zlarican@yahoo.com zumre.arican@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 2 24 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12 Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for final exam 1 5 5 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 46

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 LO.2 1 LO.3 1 LO.4 1 LO.5 1 LO.6 1 LO.7 1 LO.8 1 LO.9