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Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Medicine and Surgery - Enrollment from 2025/2026Clinical approach to cancer patient (Corso Elettivo) (2025/2026)
Teaching code
4S004102
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/06 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Period
2° semestre dal Feb 16, 2026 al May 29, 2026.
Courses Single
Not Authorized
Learning objectives
The course aims to lead the students to be able to understand the meaning, current and future implications of precision oncology. This will be followed by an in-depth description of clinical and translational research in the oncology field, in particular about lung and gastrointestinal neoplasms, which will be integrated with the participation to a 'real' molecular-tumor-board includgin the discussion of clinical cases, in order to to provide students with concrete examples to evaluate and analyze the meaning of precision oncology in clinical practice .
Finally, the course will focus on the re-proposal and analysis of the course of oncological disease to allow students to understand the rationale behind simultaneous care, the specific clinical-organizational needs the oncological patient experiences and their optimal management according to the different phases of the disease.
LOCATION: library room UOC Oncology (Management/secretaries) South building 3rd floor GB Rossi Polyclinic /Online
Prerequisites and basic notions
Previous attendance and preferably obtained a positive evaluation in the Oncology module planned at the 5th year of the Medicine and Surgery degree course.
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
Didactic methods
Teachers will use: a) frontal lessons; b) discussion of clinical cases; c) molecular-tumor-board participation.
Learning assessment procedures
The achievement of the learning outcomes is assessed during the elective course through the interactive participation to the scheduled lessons.
Evaluation criteria
Ability to acquire knowledge and develop clinical reasoning during the course.
Approved/not approved judgment.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
No final score
Exam language
Italiano
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