HSCI 305: Basics Of Oncology

3 credits

Spring 2025 Lecture Upper Division
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This course will introduce the student to the biology of cancer and some basics of oncology. Focus will be placed on what makes cancer different from normal tissues and how those differences can be leveraged for diagnostic and treatment purposes. This course will touch on topics of epidemiology, cancer biology, common therapeutic and diagnostic approaches, and other considerations of cancer care.

Learning Outcomes

1Identify the major risk factors of cancer.

2Understand the difference between cancer and normal tissue.

3Enumerate the major hallmarks of cancer.

4Explain the link between cancer biology and diagnostic imaging.

5Describe how cancer therapies target the hallmarks of cancer.

Course HSCI 305 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.

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