73266 - Radiotherapy & Oncology

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student possesses the knowledge, as far as he is concerned, of the epidemiology and prognosis of tumors, of the clinical manifestations and complications of tumors, the role of the nurse in the diagnostic-therapeutic approach, in chemotherapy and new target therapies , in the management of anticancer treatment and prevention and treatment of complications, in the approach with radiotherapy and metabolic radiotherapy.

Course contents

Epidemiology of neoplastic diseases.

Bases of cancer carcinogenesis.

Definition of inheritance and familiarity.

Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.

Main classes of oncological drugs, molecular targeted therapies and related toxicities.

General staging of neoplasms.

Definition of chemotherapy, radiotherapy: adjuvant, neo-adjuvant and palliative therapy and related indications

Breast tumors epidemiology, diagnosis and chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment.

Colorectal tumors epidemiology diagnosis and chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment

Lung cancer epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment chemotherapy ancd radiotherapy tratment.

Gastric cancer epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Pancreatic cancer epidemiology, diagnosis and chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment.

Readings/Bibliography

Notes oncology,Manuale di Oncologia Medica COMU (Collegio oncologi medici universitari)


Editors: Minerva Medica ed. 2018


Slides of all the lessons delivered to the students at the end of the lesson

 

Teaching methods

Teaching methodsThe course will also be characterized by interactivity with the students, in-progress checks will be carried out, in the form of a question or test to verify the real learning of the students during the lessons, to make any further study on some topics of particular importance and interest for the course of treatment and therapy of the oncological patient,

Assessment methods

the exam will be written in the form of multiple choice test the student may, on request, perform an oral test, with agreements from time to time, if the result of the test was not full marks

Teaching tools

Slides of all the lessons delivered to the students at the end of the lesson

Office hours

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