COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH IN ONCOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 5031 PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH IN ONCOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

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 basic knowledge of planning and performing oncologic research in each step. Ethic concerns, special points of cancer cell culture studies, planning experimental animal cancer models, biobanking rules in oncology, types of research commonly used in oncology is planned to be tought.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   . Capable of understanding ethic concerns in oncology
2   Be able to plan a cancer cell culture research in oncology
3   Be able to plan a experimental animal model research in oncology.
4   Be able to take, store and use biologic materials in oncology.
5   Be able to identify the value and using methods of epidemiology and statistics in oncology.
6   Be able to understand stages of an oncologic research in multidiscipliner groups

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Types of Researchs in Oncology
2 Planning Research in Oncology
3 Ethic Concerns in Oncology
4 Writing Project in Oncology
5 Prepearing biologic Material for Oncologic Research
6 Biobanking in Oncology
7 Important points in planning Cancer Cell Culture Studies
8 Important points in planningExperimental Animal Models in Oncology
9 Histopathologic Research in Oncology
10 Etiologic Research in Oncology
11 Survival Studies in Oncology
12 Genetic Research in Oncology 13. Epidemiologic Research in Oncology 14. Writing Manuscript in Oncology

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Use and Interpretation of Laboratory Tests in Oncology. Douglas C. Aziz, Specialty Laboratories. Third edition 1998
2. Chemosensitivity Testing in Oncology. U. Rainhold W. Tilgen Springer 2003
3. Diagnostic Approach to Clinical Oncology Mario W. Fiorentino PICCIN 1999
4. Molecular Biology in Cancer Medicine. Razelle Kurzrock, Moshe Talpaz, Martin Dunitz 1995.
5. Tumor Models in Cancer Research Beverly A. Teicher Humana Pres 2002
6. AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook.Irvin D. Fleming. Lippincott Willams & Wilkins 1998
7. Manual of Clinical Oncology. D.K. Hossfeld, C.D. Sherman, R.R. Love, F.X. Bosch Springer- Verlag, 1990 Fith Edition.
8. Pathologic Basis of Disease. Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Nelson Fausto, Elsevier Saunderss, 2005 Seventh Edition
9. Molecular Mechanism of Cancer. Georg F. Weber, Springer 2007
10. The Biology of Cancer Robert A. Weinberg, Gariand Science 2007

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 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed with classical questions of mid-term and final exams. The homework on the topic of reading and evaluating 5 different types of papers will help in evaluating the learner understood the topics or not.

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

Monday at: 13.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 3 18
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 1 13 13
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655

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