Clinical oncology and radiotherapy

Programma d'insegnamento:
· Lecture 1. "Clinical biology" of cancer
· Lecture 2. Precision medicine in molecular pathology
· Lecture 3. Cancer screening and early diagnosis
· Lecture 4. State-of-the-art techniques in molecular pathology and future applications
· Lecture 5. Liquid biopsy and circulating biomarkers
· Lecture 6. Principles of clinical immunopathology
· Lecture 7. Genomics online resources
· Lecture 8. Clinical methodology in Oncology
· Lecture 9. Principles of multidisciplinary cancer treatment
· Lecture 10. Principles of medical cancer treatment
· Lecture 11. Cytotoxic Agents
· Lecture 12. Targeted Therapies: Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Cytokines )
· Lecture 13. Natural Products in Cancer Chemotherapy: Hormones and Related Agents
· Lecture 14: Immunotherapy of Cancer
· Lecture 15. Clinical decision-making in Oncology
· Lecture 16. Evidence building and state of the art on Oncology
· Lecture 17. The psychological models in cancer care
· Lecture 18. Complications of cancer treatment
· Lecture 19. Complications of cancer disease
· Lecture 20. Psychological complications of cancer disease
· Lecture 21. Principal of communication skills in cancer care
· Lecture 22. Lung cancer as a clinical model
· Lecture 23. Colorectal cancer as a clinical model
· Lecture 24. Breast cancer as a clinical model
· Lecture 25. Prostate cancer as a clinical model
· Lecture 26. Rare versus frequent cancers
· Lecture 27. Unknown primary cancers
· Lecture 28. Radiologic evaluation
· Lesson 29. Role of Nuclear Medicine: imaging and therapy
· Lecture 30. Radiobiology and radioprotection
· Lecture 31. Radiotherapy: indications, combinations with other modalities, techniques, side effects (prevention and management)
· Lecture 32. Radiotherapy alone and in combination with other modalities for big killers: breast and lung cancers
· Lecture 33. Radiotherapy alone and in combination with other modalities for big killers: prostate and GI tumors

Bibliografia di riferimento
· Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, McGraw Hill 19th Edition, chapters: # 3, 4, 10, 15, 17, 18, 91, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 120, 121, 122, 125 (also available as ebook in the digital library of the University of Milano http://www.sba.unimi.it/)
· Papadakis MA et al Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, McGraw Hill chapter on the 2017 Edition: # 9
· Robbins and Cotran. Pathologic basis of Disease (9th Edition)
· Goodman & Gilman's. "The pharmacological basis of therapeutics". 12th Edition. The McGraw-Hill companies
· Slides and scientific material provided during lectures