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department Tumor Biology (X) |
Credits: 3
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This course covers the mechanisms of hormonal regulation of tissues at the biochemical and molecular level. (Cross listed with Physiology and Biophysics, as PBIO-507)
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Designed to provide students with an integrative overview of mechanisms of growth control and malignant transformation by physical, chemical, and viral mechanisms. Introduction to growth factors, oncogenes, and suppressor genes. Includes an introduction to means of reverting or blocking malignant behavior with a particular emphasis on biochemical and molecular mechanisms.
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This course promotes an appreciation for the biology of breast cancer as it occurs in individual women, allowing students to better formulate research programs addressing issues of clinical significance.
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This course promotes an appreciation for the biology of breast cancer as it occurs in individual women, allowing students to better formulate research programs addressing issues of clinical significance.
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This course provides an understanding of the general principles involved in cancer prevention by life-style modifications from the basic science, clinical, and epidemiological perspectives
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This course introduces the fundamentals of the molecular genetics and molecular cytogenetics of cancer. In addition, it covers diagnostic, clinical, and population-based aspects of this rapidly advancing field.
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Provides a second core course for the Tumor Biology Program with an overview of fundamentals of pharmacology as applied to cancer therapy. Mechanisms of action and resistance to chemotherapeutic, antihormonal, biological response modifiers, and new experimental drugs will be emphasized. (Section 10 runs the first half of the semester, and is the minimum requirement for Tumor Biology MS Students).
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This course covers in depth the technology and application of genetic manipulation in model systems.
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This course features a broad site by site survey of human cancer. The perspective is primarily from the points of view of the medical oncologist and pathologist, with an emphasis on providing an integrated view of each principal cancer covering the following: natural history, biology, and treatment.
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This course provides an introduction to the Shared Resources of the Lombardi Cancer Center. Emphasis will be on the practical aspects of utilization.
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This course provides a comprehensive review of the basic principles of cancer gene therapy, and will highlight current progress in this field as well as the practical applications in the treatment of cancer.
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This course provides a framework for understanding fundamentals of human medical genetics and the concomitant ethical and social issues that arise, as well as the practical implications for health and well-being.
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Credits: 2
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A combination of lecture and lab, this course provides a strong background in pathology as related to cancer. The course consists of general introductory pathology lectures, followed by the pathologic basis of specific cancers, including colon, breast, prostate, cervical and endometrial, and hemapoietic.
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The course will focus on the latest developments in the field of cancer risk assessment and explore how interindividual variation contributes to cancer risk.
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The course will focus on the latest developments in the field of cancer risk assessment and explore how interindividual variation contributes to cancer risk.
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The course covers the process of generating a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal. Starting with raw data, the process includes generating figures, legends for figures, results, discussion, methods, abstract, and introductory sections.
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Recent papers in the broad area of signal transduction as it pertains to areas such as growth factor signaling, angiogenesis, and transcription control mechanisms will be presented.
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Recent papers in the broad area of signal transduction as it pertains to areas such as growth factor signaling, angiogenesis, and transcription control mechanisms will be presented.
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This course examines the biology and mechanisms of hormone action in hormone-responsive tumors, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, and neuroendocrine tumors. Offered in alternate years. (Cross listed with Physiology and Biophysics as PBIO-595)
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Student presentations of current articles in cancer research literature coordinated with a weekly outside speaker seminar series. All areas of Basic, Clinical, and Cancer Prevention and Control research are covered.
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Student presentations of current articles in cancer research literature coordinated with a weekly outside speaker seminar series. All areas of Basic, Clinical, and Cancer Prevention and Control research are covered.
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Student seminar series of presentations coordinated with their laboratory rotation research projects, and with an ongoing series of weekly research presentations by all Lombardi Cancer Center members.
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