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Oncology and Radiotherapy

Class at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
FG10060

Syllabus

Lectures:

Epidemiology of cancer. Prevention and screening. Tumor diagnosis and TNM classification. Reporting of malignant neoplasms.

Organization of oncological care in the Czech Republic. Multidisciplinary teams.

Principles of multimodality cancer treatment. Curative and palliative treatment.

Standard and experimental clinical procedures. Clinical studies.

Biology and etiology of tumors.

Supportive treatment in oncology.

Chemotherapy and hormonal treatment

Brachytherapy

Diagnostics and treatment of breast tumors

Biological and immunological treatment

Adverse effects of systemic anticancer therapy

Effects of ionizing radiation on tumor and on healthy tissue

External radiotherapy – planning, fractionation.

Diagnosis and treatment of GIT tumors – liver, bile duct, neuroendocrine tumors, pankreas.

Diagnosis and treatment of GIT tumors – esophagus, stomach, colorectal cancer, anus.

Diagnosis and treatment of head and neck tumors

Diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors – vulva, vagina cervix.

Diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors – uterus, ovaries

Diagnosis and treatment of sarcomas and tumors of endocrine glands.

Diagnosis and treatment of skin tumors „excluding melanoma). Non-cancerous radiotherapy.

Diagnosis and treatment of prostate, bladder, penis and testicular tumors.

Diagnosis and treatment of kidney tumors and malignant melanoma.

Diagnosis and treatment of CNS tumors

Diagnosis and treatment of childhood tumors

Metastases from inknown primay source. Rare tumors.

Emergencies in oncology

Long-term consequences of oncological treatment.

Hereditary cancers.

Palliative care in oncology.    

Practicals:

The purpose of practicals is the teaching with participation of the patients. The students are divided into groups of 5 students. The students obtain the patients history, they perform the examination and suggest the treatment. The patients are discussed during following seminar. The discussion starts with the particular patient and is directed to general isses of his diagnosis, treatment and treatment side effects.

Topic of practicals and seminars:

Practical planning and realisation of radiotherapy.

Diagnostics and treatment of malignant diseases on selected patients.

Prof. Stanislav Filip, M.D., Ph.D.

Prof. Jiří Petera, M.D., Ph.D.

Assoc. Prof. Iveta Kolářová, M.D., Ph.D.

Assoc. Prof. Igor Sirák, M.D., Ph.D.

Assoc. Prof. Milan Vošmik, M.D., Ph.D.

David Buka, M.D., Ph.D.

Jiří Grim, M.D., Ph.D.

Miroslav Hodek, M.D., Ph.D.

Stanislav John, M.D., Ph.D.

Jindřich Kopecký, M.D., Ph.D.

Ondřej Kubeček, M.D., Ph.D.

Adam Paulík, M.D.

Simona Paulíková, M.D., Ph.D.

Peter Priester, M.D, Ph.D.

Annotation

Epidemiology, early detection and prevention of malignant diseases. Basic principles of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted biological therapy, immunotherapy, supportive and palliative care.

Therapy by cancer type.