84434 - General Surgery

Learning outcomes

Summarize the principles, applications and outcomes of oncological surgical procedures.

Course contents

The course include the following topics:

-  general principles of surgery for the treatment of solid cancers

- indications and contraindications to surgery

- role of preoperative staging

- role of neoadjuvant therapy

- principles of surgical technique

- role on lymphectomy in surgical oncology

- role of minimally invasive surgery

- role of the multidisciplinary approach to the treatment and indication to surgery for cancer

 

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested text: Current Surgical Therapy, 11th or 12th Edition.

Link to the AJCC manual, 7th edition

Teaching methods

frontal lessons

Assessment methods

oral/written tests

Teaching tools

slides, surgical videos

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Rottoli