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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
RYT 1172	SYSTEMATIC ONCOLOGY AND APPROACH TO CANCER PATIENT	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Radioterapy

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE NUR DEMIRAL

Offered to

Radioterapy

Course Objective

In this course detailed knowledge about oncological diseases will be given to the radiotherapy technology student and the student will be enabled to approach cancer patients appropriately; to reflect his/her knowledge about the spreading characteristics of the cancer type and about the aim of radiotherapy to the radiotherapy planning procedure; to be aware of the patients' problems due to disease and treatment that can be encountered during and after radiotherapy; to observe and detect these problems; to direct the patients accordingly for the solving of the problems; to communicate and cooperate with the radiation oncologists, radiotherapy physicists, and radiotherapy technologists for the compensation of the patients' needs and for achieving high quality in their treatment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The student is able to describe the epidemiology and etiology of various organ cancers.
2	The student is able to describe the prognosis, symptoms and signs of various organ cancers
3	The student is able to define the pathological types of various organ cancers
4	The student is able to explain the diagnostic and staging procedures of various organ cancers
5	The student is able to explain the prognostic factors and treatment of various organ cancers.
6	The student is capable of behaving cancer patients appropriately

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

RYT 1127 - Basic Oncology

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction Skin cancer Central nervous system tumors
2	Central nervous system tumors Head and neck cancers Head and neck cancers
3	Head and neck cancers Head and neck cancers Breast cancer
4	Breast cancer Breast cancer Breast cancer
5	Lung cancer Lung cancer Gastrointestinal cancers
6	Gastrointestinal cancers Gastrointestinal cancers Gastrointestinal cancers
7	MIDTERM EXAM
8	Gastrointestinal cancers Gastrointestinal cancers Genitourinary cancers
9	Genitourinary cancers Genitourinary cancers
10	Genitourinary cancers Gynecological cancers
11	Gynecological cancers Gynecological cancers Gynecological cancers
12	Lymphomas Lymphomas
13	Multiple myeloma-leukemia Pediatric cancers Soft tissue sarcomas Metastatic disease

Recomended or Required Reading

Temel ve Klinik Radyoterapi, Çetingöz R., Ed, 2013
Powerpoint presentations and word documents
UICC Klinik Onkoloji, Pollock RE, Ed 2004
Kanseri Anlamak Kleinsmith LJ Çeviri: Prof. Dr. Faik Sarıalioğlu (NCI ve TKSAV)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Powerpoint presentations, question-answer, discussion, demonstration, animation, small group workshops

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ODV	PerfÖdev
2	FN	Final
3	BSN	FinSonuBşrNotu	ODV * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4	BUT	Bütünleme Notu
5	BBN	Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu	ODV * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Written exams (a mixture of different question types (classical, gap filling, multple choice, etc))

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

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