Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Medicine and Surgery

Clinical approach to cancer patient  (Corso Elettivo)

Course code

4S004102

Name of lecturers

Michele Milella, Davide Melisi, Sara Pilotto

Coordinator

Michele Milella

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Academic sector

MED/06 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Language of instruction

Italian

Period

2° semestre dal Feb 22, 2021 al May 28, 2021.

Lesson timetable

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Learning outcomes

This course aims to give a general overview in the cancer setting: from the traslational researche to the clinical one.
Then students will be guided through the management of the cancer patient: from the natural pathway of cancer and the related patients’ needs in particular focusing onto:
• Diagnosis, staging and therapy: the outpatient and the role of the Day Service
• The role of the ward during the initial staging of the illness and active therapy
• The follow-up
• The last stage of the disease: role of the ward and of the local structures (GPs, Home help, Hospice)
In the final part of the course there will be the analysis on the EBM: the importance of guidelines and clinical trials
Examples of various guidelines (ESMO and AIOM) and the different phases of clinical trials; example of a randomized phase III clinical trial. importance will be devoted to the various Emergencies in oncology and palliative cares and to
Targeted therapies.

Syllabus

Lesson 1:
Overview from the traslational to the clinical research in the oncological setting
Lesson 2:
EBM: the importance of guidelines and clinical trials
Examples of various guidelines (ESMO and AIOM)
The different phases of clinical trials; example of a randomized phase III clinical trial
Lesson 3:
Emergencies in oncology and palliative cares
Lesson 4:
Targeted therapies: the new challenges
Lesson 5:
The cancer patient: the natural pathway of cancer and related patients’ needs:
• Diagnosis, staging and therapy: the outpatient and the role of the Day Service
• The role of the ward during the initial staging of the illness and active therapy
• The follow-up
• The last stage of the disease: role of the ward and of the local structures (GPs, Home help, Hospice)

Assessment methods and criteria