Syllabus
Type of course: Compulsory, 5th year
Guarantor: prof. Tomáš Büchler, MD, PhD – Department of Oncology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital
Contacts for students: Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology – secretary, Iva Růžičková, tel. 224436401, iva.ruzickova@fnmotol.cz
Renata Formánková, MD,PhD (Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology –deputy haed for education), tel. 224436553, renata.formankova@fnmotol.cz
Teaching of oncology is run in blocks on wards of Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology and Department of Oncology.
Following conditions must be completed to get credit: passing a test (minimum score for passing – 80 % of correct answers), attendance of seminars and practicals attendance is checked by a system of attendance tracking cards 20% absence is tolerated (including sick leave, medical appointment or other personal reasons) and filling out the students' survey. Exam is oral, students allot 2 general oncology questions and 1 special oncology question.
Topics:
General topics in oncology:
Epidemiology and biology of cancer
Classification of tumors including pathological and staging
Etiology and immunology of cancer
Clinical and imaging methods in the diagnostics of cancer
Laboratory diagnostics of cancer
Differential diagnostics of symptoms (pain, vomiting, disorders of stool and urination, resistance, big abdomen, ENT, neurological, eye and skin symptoms)
Basic principles of care of cancer patients
Principles of surgery in oncology – indications and contraindcations
Principles of chemotherapy, side effects of chemotherapy and mode of action of cytostatics
Principles of radiotherapy – types of radiotherapy, indications and contraindications
Hormonal therapy
Immunotherapy and targeted therapy – principles, side effects and mode of action
Treatment of cancer pain
Urgent events in oncology caused by cancer and by complications of therapy
Supportive care
Advances in cancerogenesis and cancer therapy
Prevention and screening in oncology
Late effects of cancer treatment
Paliative therapy, rehabilitation of cancer patients, psychological and social aspects of care for cancer patients
Special topics in oncology:
CNS tumours
Head and neck cancer
Tumours of endocrine glands
Tumours of the lung, pleura and mediastinum
Tumours of the skin
Gastrointestinal tumours
Breast cancer
Tumours of the uropoetic system
Tumours of reproductive organs
Cancer of children and adolescents
Leukemias
Annotation
Oncology is a multidisciplinary field, playing an important role in clinical practice (clinical oncology and radiotherapy) and in research (experimental oncology). Increasing incidence and still high mortality of cancer require the acquisition of basic diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge by all physicians.
The task of the oncologist is to assemble an optimal diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for a cancer patient. Clinical oncology requires basic erudition in internal medicine or in pediatrics.
General oncology deals with tumor epidemiology, aetiology and pathogenesis of tumor growth, cancer diagnostics, principles of surgical treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological treatment, introduces principles of clinical trials. Special oncology provides information on individual tumors.