Neoplasia

• Understand cancer as a disease of dysregulated cellular processes.
• How can chemicals, radiation and viruses cause cancer?
• What is hereditary versus familial cancer?
• Are childhood cancers and adult cancers different?
• What are the gold standards of cancer diagnosis?
• What is a tumour marker and how can it be used?
• What is the TNM staging system and what is its relevance?
• What are prognostic factors?
• What are the goals of surgery in cancer patients?
• What is meant by curative, adjuvant and palliative therapy?
• What are the predominant classes of systemic therapy?
• What is a predictive versus a prognostic factor?
• How is radiation used to treat cancers?
• Are there long-term consequences of common cancer therapies?
• What is the effect of cancer on bone?
• What is cancer cachexia?
• Understand the role of palliative care in cancer patients.
• Understand the impact of cancer on the population as a whole.