04982 - Medical Oncology (A-K)

Learning outcomes

Students acquires essential knowledge for an optimal clinical management of the patient with cancer. In particular, he learns three main aspects: staging with the diagnostic-therapeutic itinerary, communication with related psychological aspects and the palliation of the patient in an incurable phase of the disease.

Course contents

-General notions of oncology:

1. epidemiology and etiopathogenesis

2. biology and natural history

3. diagnosis, and staging

4. therapeutic modalities (adjuvant, neoadjuvant, integrated, palliative)

5. drug therapy (chemotherapy, hormone therapy, molecular target therapy, immunotherapy)

-The clinical approach to the neoplastic patient -Clinical classification and therapeutic strategy of the main "big killers":

1. Pulmonary neoplasms

2. Colorectal neoplasms

3. Breast neoplasms

4. Neoplasms of the prostate

5. Skin neoplasms

- General notions on clinical trials in oncology

Readings/Bibliography

1."MANUALE DI ONCOLOGIA MEDICA", a cura del COMU- single edition (2018)- Settembre 2018.

2. "CORE CURRICULUM - ONCOLOGIA CLINICA", 2°edition , Bianco - De Placido - Tortora - Conte, McGraw-Hill (2015)

3. "ONCOLOGIA MEDICA", 2° edizione, Fortunato Ciardiello, Ildeson-Gnocchi (2017)

4. "ONCOLOGIA: principi e pratica", DeVita - Hellmann - Lawrence - Rosenberg, Piccin (2017)

 In addition, teaching material relating to the individual lessons (slides) will be distributed during the lectures.

1. L’imperatore del male. Una biografia del cancro

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Neri Pozza Editore, 2011

2. Capire il cancro: conoscerlo, curarlo, guarire

Lucio Luzzatto, Rizzoli 2006

3. Da bambino avevo un sogno. Tra ricerca e cura, la mia lotta al tumore

Umberto Veronesi, Mondadori 2002

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

Final exam: multiple choice quiz

Teaching tools

lectures, slides, specialized texts, informative texts, exercises

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Ardizzoni