Advanced Cancer Genomics

Lecture Contents

Systematically learn the basics, general principles, and actual cases of cancer genome medicine, as well as ethical, legal, and social issues, and deepen understanding of the necessary systems and personnel, applications, and future

• Fundamentals of Genomic Medicine and Cancer Genomics

• General introduction to cancer genome medicine

• Practical aspects of cancer genome medicine:1 Somatic mutation cancer (1)

• Practical aspects of cancer genome medicine: 2 Somatic mutation cancer (2)

• Practical aspects of cancer genome medicine: 3 Familial and hereditary tumors (germ cell mutation cancer)

• Genomic medicine and ethical, legal, and social issues

• Necessary systems and personnel for cancer genome medicine

• Applications and future of cancer genome medicine

Advanced Pediatric, AYA, and Rare Cancer

Lecture Contents

Learn about the characteristics of children and AYAs, their unique cancers and treatments, late complications and the need for long-term follow-up, and deepen understanding of support for patients and their families.

• Characteristics of Children and AYAs

• Cancer Treatment for Children and AYAs

• Childhood and AYA Tumors 1 (Tumors specific to this age group)

• Pediatric and AYA oncology 2 (adult tumors that occur during this age group)

• Rare cancers (other than pediatric and AYA cancers)

• Late complications and problems with long-term follow-up (1)

• Late complications and issues in long-term follow-up (2)

• Support for pediatric and AYA cancer patients and their families (1)

• Support for pediatric and AYA cancer patients and their families (2)

Advanced Geriatrics and Gerontology

Lecture Contents

Learn about cancer prevention according to life stages, the current status of cancer treatment for mature and elderly patients, and deepen understanding of comprehensive support, end-stage cancer care and social issues

• Cancer Preventive Medicine at Cancer Life Stages

• Mature Cancer Care in Cancer Life Stages

• Cancer Care for the Elderly in Cancer Life Stages: Characteristics and Evaluation of Functions and Complications

• Cancer care for the elderly in cancer life stages: characteristics of treatment

• Comprehensive support according to cancer life stage

• Cancer care at the end of life stage of cancer

• Society and cancer treatment

• Clinical trials of cancer treatment according to the cancer life stage

Palliative Medicine for Cancer

Lecture Contents

Understand the effects of drugs used in cancer palliative therapy and recognize palliative therapy. Deepen understanding of nursing care based on understanding of physical and psychological characteristics of cancer patients, pain relief with drugs, mainly medical narcotics, relief of unpleasant symptoms such as dyspnea and vomiting, and use of drugs in palliation and supportive care for neuropsychiatric symptoms that tend to occur at the end of life

• Cancer Pain Relief and Medical Narcotic Drugs - Part 2

• Cancer Pain Relief and Medical Narcotics - Part 1

• Nursing care of patients with cancer pain

• Nursing care of patients with cancer pain (2)

• Practical treatment of cancer pain

• Approaches from psychiatry Palliative medicine

Advanced Oncologic Pharmacology

Lecture Contents

To understand the basic knowledge of anticancer drugs, their mechanism of action and adverse events, and to learn about the latest therapies and biomarkers as predictors of efficacy.

• Chemotherapy 1

• Chemotherapy 2

• Pharmacology of cancer chemotherapy (1)

• Pharmacology of Cancer Chemotherapy (2)

• Molecular targeted therapy (1)

• Mechanisms of action and clinical outcomes of molecular targeted therapeutics for gastrointestinal malignancies

Advanced Course in Radiation Oncology

Lecture Contents

Understand the indications, treatment planning, and dosimetry principles of radiation therapy for curative and palliative treatment. Understand the acute and delayed effects of radiation therapy.

• General Theory

• Radiation Biology

• Radiation Oncology and Therapeutics

• Sealed Small Radiation Source Therapy

• Isotope Therapy (Content Therapy)

• Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy

Advanced Molecular Oncology

Lecture Contents

Basic molecular biological bioscience explanation of the various genes and molecules that play a role in the development, growth, and progression of tumors.

• Molecular Oncology

• Cancer Genes

• Cancer Suppressor Genes

• Genes and molecules involved in cancer metastasis and invasion

• Characteristics and functions of apoptosis-related genes

• Cancer metastasis and cell adhesion - Suppression of cancer metastasis by inhibiting adhesion

Advanced Clinical Nutrition

Lecture Contents

Students will understand how to calculate nutritional requirements that vary according to gender, age, and body size, as well as knowledge of nutritional management. Students will also understand monitoring and complications associated with nutritional management and how to deal with them in order to safely implement nutritional management.

• Nutritional management during cancer chemotherapy

• Effects of nutritional disorders on the body

• Nutritional management of special pathological conditions

• Nutritional Assessment and Dose Requirements

• Nutrition Therapy in Practice

• Perioperative Nutritional Management

Introduction to Molecular Biology

Lecture Contents

Understand DNA, RNA, proteins, regulation of gene expression, cell division, and tissue architecture. Students will gain an understanding of the mechanisms of cellular oncogenesis and the latest molecular biology, from gene aberrations and disruption of regulatory mechanisms due to external stimuli.

• Cellular Organization

• DNA, RNA and Proteins

• DNA damage and oncogenesis

• Gene Expression and Oncogenesis

• Cell Cycle and Oncogenesis

• Tissue Architecture and Oncogenesis

Home Palliative Medicine

Lecture Contents

Learn the importance of medical resources, palliative care, nutritional management, and community collaboration in home health care based on actual cases.

• Medical Resources for Home Health Care

• Nursing care leading to palliative care at home - From the perspective of the palliative care team (PCT)

• Palliative Medicine and Nutritional Management - Nutrition and Palliation Important at Home

• Palliative Care and Psycho-oncology at Home

• Home Healthcare and Community Collaboration

• Practice and Effectiveness of Palliative Care at Home

• Home care and community cooperation

• Role of Pharmacy Pharmacists in Palliative Care at Home

• Home Palliative Care Path and Its Usage

• Palliative Nursing at Home

Advanced Cancer Surgery

Lecture Contents

Work with surgeons to understand the indications and contraindications for surgery, and the role of surgery in the staging, curative and palliative treatment of patients with malignant tumors.

• Frontiers in Tumor Surgical Treatment - Pancreatic Cancer

• Frontiers of Oncologic Surgical Treatment -Lung Cancer

• Breast cancer on the rise, major changes in breast cancer surgery

• Gastric cancer

• Diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer

• Frontiers in oncologic surgical treatment -Colorectal cancer

Advanced Course in Tumor Pathology

Lecture Contents

Understand the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, genetic and chromosomal changes in cancer cells, and clinical characteristics of cancer.

• Gene amplification in cancer cells using fluorescence in situ hybridization

• Clinicopathological features and mechanisms of carcinogenesis and progression of primary liver cancer

• Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and cancer chemoprevention

• Pathological characteristics of epithelial and non-epithelial tumors - Classification of sarcomas and histological diagnosis

• Pathology of lung cancer up to date

• Carcinoid tumors

Exercise in Oncologic Pathology

Lecture Contents

Based on the "tumor characteristics" learned in the Advanced Course on Tumor Pathology, students will learn representative histopathological images of each organ such as thyroid, gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary pancreas, respiratory tract, gynecology, bone and soft tissue, lymph node bone marrow, etc. using virtual slides in the exercise. Students will listen to lectures on explanations to deepen their understanding and take a quiz after the lecture to confirm their knowledge.

• Exercises in pathology of gastrointestinal tumors

• Exercises in pathology of tumors of liver, gallbladder and pancreas

• Exercises in pathology of respiratory tumors

• Exercises in pathology of gynecological tumors

• Exercises in pathology of bone and soft tissue tumors

• Exercises in pathology of lymph node and bone marrow tumors

• Exercises in pathology of thyroid tumors

Advanced Clinical Oncology

Lecture Contents

Tumor care has parts unique to each area and parts common to each area. In this lecture, the aim is for students to understand the characteristics of each of the six areas of cancer, which have a particularly high incidence of tumors, and to master the common aspects of clinical oncology as a whole. The course aims to provide recent knowledge on epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic methods, pharmacotherapy, and prognosis, and to understand current issues.

• Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

• Respiratory malignancies

• Breast cancer

• Countdown Cervical Cancer Zero Day

• Urologic malignancies

• Gastrointestinal malignancies

Advanced Clinical Statistics

Lecture Contents

Students will gain an understanding of basic clinical research design, meta-analysis, quality of life assessment, univariate and multivariate analysis of statistics necessary for clinical oncology.

• Basics of Statistical Thinking

• Clinical Trial Design

• Meta-analysis

• Quality of life assessment

• Univariate analysis (t-test, Wilcoxon test, chi-square test, Fisher test)

• Multivariate analysis (multiple regression, logistic regression, survival analysis, repeated measures)

Advanced Medical Physics

Lecture Contents

Radiological services in the field of medicine and other areas such as radiological imaging and technology, nuclear medicine technology, nuclear magnetic resonance technology, CT technology, and radiation safety management and protection technology will be covered with emphasis on the fundamentals.

• Fundamentals of Radiation Physics

• Fundamentals of radiobiology

• Breast cancer and mammography

• Radiologic Imaging and Ultrasound Imaging

• Fundamentals of Radiation Oncology

• Conventional Simple Radiographic Imaging

• Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine

• Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Fundamentals of Computer Technology and Equipment Safety

• Fundamentals of Digital Imaging and CT

• Fundamentals of Radiation Therapy Irradiation Techniques

• Fundamentals of Therapeutic Radiation Measurement

Special lecture on issues in cancer medical care

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Special lecture on promotion of cancer prevention

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Special lecture on development of novel treatment

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Consultation

Lecture Contents

Deepen understanding of the basics of consultation in nursing and consultation using consultation liaison psychiatry based on psychology.

• Consultation Concepts and Characteristics

• Functions and Processes of Consultation

• Community Psychology

• Crisis Intervention

• Consultation and Volunteering

• Interviewing in Consultation

• Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry (1)

• Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry (2)

• Basic Concepts of Nursing Consultation

• Process of Nursing Consultation

• Theories and Techniques Used in Nursing Consultation

• Practice of Nursing Consultation