Syllabus
1. Introduction to cancer epidemiology, historical overview
2. Data sources, analytical methods, types of epidemiological studies
3. Descriptive analysis of cancer
4. Cancer biology, TNM clasification
5. Epidemiology of the main cancer sites I.
6. Epidemiology of the main cancer sites II.
7. Levels of cancer prevention and risk factors for cancer
8. Cancer screening
9. Cancer treatment and paliative care, psychosocial aspects of cancer care
10. Social inequalities in cancer All material will be available in Moodle.
Annotation
The aim of the course is to present an overview of the basic concepts and issues in cancer epidemiology. The lectures will be focused on data sources, cancer classification, methods of descriptive analysis, cancer prevention, cancer screening and cancer treatment.
Social inequalities in cancer will also be presented. International literature will be used in the course.
Despite the fact that the main focus of the course is on the adult cancer epidemiology, some basic information will also be given on the epidemiology of childhood cancer and cancer among young adults.