| GPLS 665 | Special Topics in Cancer Biology
Credits: 3
Course Master: Feyruz Rassool, Ph.D.  This 3-credit course has been designed to introduce students to both the biology of specific cancers and how patients with these diseases are managed and treated. The course will consist of twice weekly lectures in which a basic or translational scientist will be paired with a clinician to describe a specific disease and the major questions that need to be answered to improve treatments. Thus, the lectures will alternate between lectures on basic biology and clinical management of cancer patients. The first half of the course will deal with hereditary cancers and the second half will cover sporadic cancers. In addition to attending the lectures, the students will attend one relevant tumor board conference (where clinical cases are presented and discussed) each week.
For each half of the course, each student will be assigned a clinical mentor who will help identify a clinical question or problem of current interest, and each student will write a concise, focused mini-review of the literature and issues related to this question (guidelines will be provided). In addition, students will be assessed by a final written exam.Offered in:
Fall |