COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CANCER HISTOPATHOLOGY AND CYTOPATHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 6074 CANCER HISTOPATHOLOGY AND CYTOPATHOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Basic Oncology
Basic Oncology

Course Objective

Define the basic pathological topics of neoplasia including terminology of cancer,
carcinogenesis, mechanisms of differentiation and transformation of the neoplastic
cells, mechanisms of cell death, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis, oncogene and
tumor suppressor genes. Define the histopathological and cytopathological features of
cancer of various organs. In laboratory lessons perform the microscopic examination of
histological slides and smears.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable to express general terminology of the cancer.
2   Be able to recognize and understand the the molecular mechanisms of cancer
3   Knows examples of specific types of cancer with histological and cytopathological
4   Capable to plan a research project using histopathologic and cytologic methods
5   Be able to know ethical issues and achieve evidence based knowledge in oncologic pathology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic methods in path lab-1
2 Basic methods in path lab-2
3 Basic pathology of neoplasia-1
4 Basic pathology of neoplasia-2
5 Pathology of GIS cancer
6 Pathology of HPBS cancer
7 Pathology of urological cancer
8 Pathology of breast cancer
9 Pathology of gynaelogical cancer
10 Pathology of endocrine cancer
11 Pathology of Head and Neck cancer
12 Pathology of RES cancer
13 Pathology of skin cancer
14 Pathology of CNS cancer
15 Pathology of pediatric cancer

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Pathologic Basis of Disease. Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Nelson Fausto,
Elsevier Saunderss, 2005 Seventh Edition
Materials: Archival histological slides

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erdener.ozer@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4123407

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Tutorials 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 50 50
Preparation for final exam 1 70 70
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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