Course: History of oncology

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Course title History of oncology
Course code KAZ/DO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šorejs Ondřej, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Important historical personalities (Avicenna, Hippocrates, Celsus, Galén) - Discoveries of the mechanism of cancer - History of cancer diagnosis - History of chemotherapy - History of radiotherapy - History of surgical treatment - History of biological treatment - History of Oncology in the Czech Republic

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 22 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
are not required
Skills
are not required
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describes important milestones in the treatment of cancer from ancient history to the present
lists the individual treatment modalities used in the treatment of cancer and the discoveries that led to them
lists some important personalities of Czech and world medicine who are associated with the treatment of cancer
he/she explains the development of individual treatment modalities
Skills
distinguishes individual treatment modalities in relation to specific cancers
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Textual studies
Skills
Lecture
Competences
Lecture
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • DIENSTBIER, Zdeněk a Vladimíra STÁHALOVÁ. Onkologie pro laiky. Vyd. 2.. Praha: Liga proti rakovině, 2012. ISBN 978-80-86031-65-1.
  • Klener, Pavel. Klinická onkologie. Praha : Galén, 2002. ISBN 80-7262-151-3.
  • MUKHERJEE, Siddhartha. Vládkyně všech nemocí: příběh rakoviny. Přeložil Jan ŠMARDA.. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-210-7761-4.
  • PETRUŽELKA, Luboš a Bohuslav KONOPÁSEK. Klinická onkologie. 1. vyd.. Praha: Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0395-0.


Study plans that include the course
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