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Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Medicine and Surgery - Enrollment from 2025/2026
1° semestre From 10/3/22 To 12/23/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
3° Supplementary research and laboratory diagnostic informations on Autoimmunity D Silvia Sartoris (Coordinator)
5° Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas: a current dylemma from diagnosis to treatment D Giovanni Marchegiani (Coordinator)
4° 5° Coagulation disorders. Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects D Francesca Pizzolo (Coordinator)
6° Vascular Interventional Radiology D Riccardo De Robertis Lombardi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Research methodology basis and critical reading of a scientific article D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical ultrasound D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of severe visceral trauma D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neurophysiological investigations for studying sleep and sleep-related disorders D Gaetano Cantalupo (Coordinator)
5° 6° The Multiple Sclerosis and the demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system: immunopathology, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, treatment D Massimiliano Calabrese (Coordinator)
5° 6° Scheletal deseases in childhood D Franco Antoniazzi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neurosurgical emergencies D Alberto Feletti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Extracorporeal life support D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical and laboratory approach to the dermatological patient D Francesco Bellinato (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical aspects and overlapping in ACSD (Abnormal Connectivity Spectrum Disorders): Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome D Leonardo Zoccante (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Histopathological and molecular features of gastroenteric and bilio-pancreatic tumors D Claudio Luchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Evidence-based medicine: how to read and understand clinical studies, reviews, meta-analyses and clinical-practice guidelines D Giovanni Ostuzzi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° facing the cardiac arrest: advanced life support, ECMO-assisted CPR and the management of the post-arrest syndrome D Leonardo Gottin (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary imaging D Giulia Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Musculoskeletal clinical exam D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Technologies applied to type 1 diabetes mellitus: towards artificial pancreas D Maddalena Trombetta (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy of diabetes mellitus D Enzo Bonora (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Stem cell transplantation: biological and clinical issues D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tubercolosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, therapy and surveillaince D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Immunophenotyping in normal hematopoiesis and in hematological diseases D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Interpretation of laboratory data: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Biology, Clinics and Diagnosis of COVID-19 D Giuseppe Lippi (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Fake charts, fake news: interpretation and design of scientific and non-scientific charts, an exercise in critical thinking D Giuseppe Bertini (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Access to essential medicines in developing countries D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° History of Hospital assistance D Sara Patuzzo Manzati (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° History of Medical ethics D Sara Patuzzo Manzati (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
2° semestre From 2/20/23 To 5/31/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Short history of pharmacology D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° History of surgery D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
4° Disturbi respiratori notturni: dalla patogenesi alla gestione D Giulia Sartori (Coordinator)
4° Clinical electrocardiography D Daniele Prati (Coordinator)
4° Role of endoscopy in digestive diseases D Armando Gabbrielli (Coordinator)
4° Insufficienza renale acuta e trattamenti dialitici continui inel paziente critico D Nicoletta Pertica (Coordinator)
4° Nephrolithiasis: endocrine-metabolic and nephrological aspects D Chiara Caletti (Coordinator)
5° Clinical approach to cancer patient D Michele Milella (Coordinator)
4° 5° Metabolic Kidney Diseases D Giuseppina Pessolano (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pancreatic neoplasms: clinic-pathologic features D Giuseppe Zamboni (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° Tumor immunology and immunomodulation D Stefano Ugel (Coordinator)
6° BASIC principles in traumatology D Tommaso Maluta (Coordinator)
6° Extra-vascular Interventional Radiology D Riccardo De Robertis Lombardi (Coordinator)
5° 6° A Day In Endoscopy: New Frontiers of Operative Endoscopy D Francesco Tomba (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pediatric andrology and fertility potential D Nicola Zampieri (Coordinator)
5° 6° Gynecopathology in deep D Anna Caliò (Coordinator)
5° 6° Indications for Imaging: CT or RM ? D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Brain at work D Francesca Benedetta Pizzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive pediatric surgery D Nicola Zampieri (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neonatal surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgical oncology of the gastrointestinal tract D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Palliative Care D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of pain in reumathologic diseases D Davide Gatti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pancreatic dilemma between inflammation and neoplasia D Antonio Amodio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Oncologic Imaging D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intraoperative neurophysiology: a functional approach to modern neurosurgery D Francesco Sala (Coordinator)
5° 6° Infection in ICU D Anna Maria Azzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Therapy with biologic agents in rheumatic diseases D Ombretta Viapiana (Coordinator)
5° 6° Physicians: their history, their stories D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Experimental microsurgery D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS D Elena Manuela Samaila (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Francesca Pellini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robot-assisted) surgery in abdominal diseases (videos and dry-lab) D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intra-articular onjection in Rheumatology D Elena Fracassi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical toxicology in the Emergency Department and CBRN events D Giorgio Ricci (Coordinator)
5° 6° Multimodal treatment of Upper GastroIntestinal Maligniancies D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Science Communication and Dissemination D Elisa Santandrea (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Colordroppler ultrasound of carotid arteries, lower limbs and abdominal vessels D Sergio De Marchi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Ultrasound in Nephrology D Yuri Battaglia (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecological endocrinology D Paolo Moghetti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Diagnosis of Disease based on the laboratory analysis: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Imaging of infectious diseases D Giulia Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Introduction to Robotic Surgery D Paolo Fiorini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Robotic surgery in urology D Alessandro Antonelli (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Management of the patient with severe liver disease D Andrea Dalbeni (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Mental health in humanitarian settings and in low- and middle-income countries D Michela Nose' (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Hints in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphomas D Carlo Visco (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tropical Medicine D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tumors of the central nervous system: from histopathology to molecular biology D Valeria Barresi (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° BODY COMPOSITION: METHODS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE D Carlo Zancanaro (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Improving adherence in medicine: the motivational interviewing D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Practical issues in genetic counseling D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction diseases D Daniele Dell'Orco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Bioethics D Sara Patuzzo Manzati (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° From Darwin to molecular genomics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Ethical dilemmas in medical genetics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Dependence on legal drugs (benzodiazepines and pain killers) D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Women and health D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Computational Genomics D Giovanni Malerba (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Humanitarian Medicine and Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° The history of Neurophysiology D Elisa Santandrea (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Art, creativity and mental health: an open dialogue D Giovanni Ostuzzi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Psychopatology D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Health inequalities and barriers experienced by LGBTI people in accessing health care D Francesco Amaddeo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Mindfulness in addiction: from theory to clinical practice D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Gambling D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Tabagism D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Anthropological Problems in Low Income Countries D Mariarita Bertoldi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS D Alessandra Ruggiero (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Emerging Viruses and zonosis D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)

Clinical approach to cancer patient  (Corso Elettivo)  (2022/2023)

Teaching code

4S004102

Teacher

Michele Milella

Coordinator

Michele Milella

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/06 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Period

2° semestre dal Feb 20, 2023 al May 31, 2023.

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Learning objectives

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.
SEDE: auletta biblioteca UOC Oncologia (Direzione/segreterie) Edificio sud 3 piano Policlinico G. B. Rossi / Online

Prerequisites and basic notions

Previous attendance and examination of the Oncology module foreseen at the 5th Year of the Medicine and Surgery School

Program

Lesson 1:
Introduction to Precision Oncology: history, current landscape and new challenges. [Prof. Michele Milella]
Lesson 2:
Illness trajectories and implications for palliative care [Dott.ssa Sara Pilotto]
Lesson 3:
Clinical research in lung cancer
Lesson 4:
Molecular Tumor Board with discussion of clinical cases
Lesson 5:
From translational research to clinical practice: from bench to bedside in oncology [Prof. Davide Melisi]

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Lectures

Learning assessment procedures

Attendance

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

Standard evaluation

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

No finale score

Exam language

italiano