COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHARACTERISTICS OF CANCER CELL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 5023 CHARACTERISTICS OF CANCER CELL COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAFIYE AKTAŞ

Offered to

Basic Oncology
Basic Oncology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand the morphologic and biologic differences of normal and cancer cell and to learn precancereous lesions, invasion and metastasis. The morphologic differences of carcinomas, sarcomas, hematologic cancers, and the relationship of cancer with stroma, inflammation, differentiation is planned to be tought.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable of understanding biology of cancer cell
2   Be able to differentiate basically the morphology of cancer in different appereance
3   Be able to recognize relationship of cancer with stroma, inflammation, differentiation
4   Be able to identify of invasion and metastasis
5   Be able to understand multistep carcinogenesis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Properties of normal tissue.
2 Properties of normal cell.
3 Precancereous cellular changes, Carcinoma in Situ
4 Properties of cancer cell: Morphologic View
5 Properties of cancercell: Biochemical View
6 Differentiation and Cancer
7 Proliferation and Cancer
8 Invasion and Metastasis
9 Mid term exam
10 Cell Death and Cancer
11 Morphology of Hematologic Cancers
12 12. Morphology of Carcinomas 13. Morphology of Sarcomas 14. Inflamation and Cancer 15. Properties of cancer stroma 16. FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Pathologic Basis of Disease. Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Nelson Fausto, Elsevier Saunderss, 2009
2. Molecular Mechanism of Cancer. Georg F. Weber, Springer 2007
3. The Biology of Cancer Robert A. Weinberg, Gariand Science 2007
4. The Cell, A Molecular Approach. Geoffrey M. Cooper. ASM Press 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Lectures, Giving a homework, Working for exams, Reading practices

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

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define differences of cancer cell from normal cell.
2. The learner will clearly identify precancereous lesions and interpret of multistep carcinogenesis.
3. The learner will clearly identify morphologic differences in cancer types.
4. The learner will assign cancer cell properties in proliferation, cell death, differentiation, invasion and metastasis.
5. The learner will clearly define relationship of cancer cell with stroma.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

safiye.aktas@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4125891/5801

Office Hours

on Monday at: 13.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 0
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 8 8
Preparation for Final Exam 1 16 16
Preparing Individual Assignments 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0
Preparing Presentations 0
Other (please indicate) 0
Ouiz etc. 0
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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