COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ONCOLOCY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 5027 INTRODUCTION TO ONCOLOCY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE NUR OLGUN

Offered to

Translational Oncology
Basic Oncology
CANCER APIDEMIOLOGY
Basic Oncology
Translational Oncology

Course Objective

The prevalence of cancer, formation mechanisms, identifying and understanding the basic information about the treatment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize and comprehend the extent of cancer in general.
2   Capable of express in general terms of the formation of the cancer
3   Understands the detection of cancer
4   Capable of recognizing and understanding of cancer treatments
5   Capable of Understanding the general approach in oncology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Etiology of cancer
2 Etiology of cancer
3 Tumor Immunology
4 Carcinogenesis mechanisms, cancer and heredity
5 Pre neoplastic lesions and carcinoma in-situ
6 Tumor staging
7 Common clinical findings and diagnostic methods in adulthood cancers
8 Tumor classification
9 Pathologic diagnosis and place of cytopathology
10 Common clinical findings and diagnostic methods in childhood cancers.
11 Basic principles of cancer surgery
12 Basic principles of radiation oncology
13 General principles of stem cell therapy and bone marrow transplantation
14 Basic principles of chemotherapy and side effects of chemotherapy
15 Early diagnosis of cancer and screening
16 Prevention methods from cancer

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Wintrobe s Clinical.Haematology, Cancer Practice and Principles of Oncology (De Vita), Manual of Oncology (Lippincot Williams), Textbook of Radiation Oncology, Pathologycal Basis of Diseases, Textbook of Pathology, Oxford Textbook of Surgery, Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery
Temel Patoloji (Robbins), Kanser Kemoterapi Rehberi ve Uygulamaya Yönelik Öneriler,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Doing theoretical Lectures, midterm and final exam.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Assessment Criteria

1. Being able to express in general oncology, The learner will be evaluate with making semester and final exam.
2. The learner evaluate by the intermediate and final exam related to knowledge of chemotherapy, early diagnosis, etiology, epidemiology, pathology, staging, an overview of adult and childhood cancers, cancer treatment principles.
3. The learner will be evaluate by the intermediate and final exam to investigation and searching oncology studies concerning the oncology etiology, diagnosis, treatment.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilhan.oztop@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4125801

Office Hours

on Tuesday at: 13.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 2 32
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 0,5 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55