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Lung cancer
Activity
e-Learning Module
In this module, you will learn about presentation, diagnosis, and staging of lung cancer along with patient evaluation to assess suitability for pulmonary resection.

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
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Objectives

Clerkship Objectives
  • Create an algorithm for the evaluation of a patient with a lung nodule on chest x-ray.
  • Discuss the common risk factors and clinical symptoms of lung cancer.
  • List the most common sources of malignant metastases to the lungs.
  • Compare and contrast the management and prognosis of metastatic vs. primary lung malignancies.
  • Describe the most common diagnostic procedures used to evaluate pulmonary and mediastinal lesions.
  • List the common tumors of the anterior, posterior and superior mediastinum.

Assessments

e-Learning Module Completion
  • WISE MD Surgical Module completion

Tags

Curriculum Block
Clerkship Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Lung Neoplasms [C04.588.894.797.520] Pulmonary Surgical Procedures [E04.928.600]

Related Activities

The following activities occur in the same curriculum block:

  • Patient History
  • Examination
  • Patient History
  • Examination
  • Order and Interpret Laboratory Investigations
  • Order and Interpret Imaging Investigations
  • Professional competencies
  • Professional Competencies in Surgery
  • Pre and Post operative care
  • Urology

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