Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
MED/06 (MEDICAL ONCOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL-SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(01/03/2021 - 18/06/2021)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Learning outcomes
The course of Oncology aims to provide the student with the essential notions for an overall evaluation of the diagnostic and therapeutic path of the cancer patient, with focus on neoplasms and complications of treatments in the fields of otolaryngology and gastrointestinal tract.
Course contents
Epidemiology, risk factors and primary and secondary prevention.
General diagnostic and therapeutic approach (medical therapy, radiotherapy and oncological surgery).
Main acute and late side effects of medical treatments, with reference to otolaryngeal and gastrointestinal tracts.
Multidisciplinary path of the cancer patient.
Supportive care and follow-up programs
Teaching methods
Lectures
Discussion of clinical cases
Reccomended or required readings
Slides of the lessons; specific material for the individual topics that will be provided by the teacher.
Guidelines of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (https://www.aiom.it/linee-guida-aiom/).
Recommendations for oral health promotion, oral disease prevention, and dental therapy in adult patients with neoplastic disease.
Link:http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pubblicazioni_2139_allegato.pdf
Assessment methods
written test (multiple choice questions).
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa