PART B - Clinical Sciences
All taught modules are compulsory. For Cancer Treatments 1 and 2, you will attend lectures on all topics listed, but will then choose to submit your assessments on one topic from the respective module (and at least one assessment must be related to a core topic).
4. Research Methods (10 credits)
This module is designed to give you a fundamental appreciation of the principles of clinical research and the ethics involved in running trials.
You will also be taught about trial design and the appropriate endpoints to choose, as well as developing the skills to interpret results gained in clinical trials, how to write them up into a paper, and how to consider and understand their implications for clinical practice. Module leaders: Dr Anna Wilkins, Mrs Jo Haviland.
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5. Cancer Treatments 1 (20 credits)
This module, like its sister module Cancer Treatments 2, is about developing knowledge and critical understanding of a range of common and rarer malignancy types and tumour sites to aid you in your clinical management of cancer.
Core topics:
- Principles of Genito-Urinary Cancers - Specialist lead: Dr Alison Tree
- Principles of Gastro-Intestinal Cancers - Specialist Lead: Dr John Bridgewater
- Gynaecological Malignancy - Specialist Lead: Dr Kate Lankester
Specialist topics:
- Acute Oncology - Specialist lead: Dr Jaishree Bhosle
- Palliative Care - Specialist lead: Dr Rema Jyothirmayi
- Sarcoma - Specialist lead: Dr Aisha Miah
- Skin Malignancy - Specialist lead: Dr Susan Lalondrelle
- HIV Related Malignancy - Specialist lead: Dr David Bloomfield
- Living with and Beyond Cancer/Survivorship - Specialist lead: Dr Susannah Stanway
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6. Cancer in Context (10 credits)
This module considers people with cancer, both individually as they experience the disease as well as in a wider social context.
You will consider topics such as the mainstream concepts and practice in cancer care, including ethical and communication issues which may arise. Module leaders: Dr David Bloomfield, Mrs Clare Moynihan.
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7. Cancer Treatments 2 (20 credits)
This module, like its sister module Cancer Treatments 1, is about developing knowledge and critical understanding of a range of common and rarer malignancy types and tumour sites to aid you in your clinical management of cancer.
Core topics
- Breast Cancer - Specialist lead: Dr David Bloomfield and Dr Gargi Patel
- Respiratory and Lung Cancer - Specialist lead: Dr Jeanette Dickson
- Head and Neck Cancer - Specialist Lead: Dr Richard Simcock
Specialist topics
- Central Nervous System Cancer - Specialist lead: Dr Matt Williams
- Lymphoma / Haematological Cancer - Specialist lead: Dr Donna Lancaster
- Cancer Control in Low and Middle Income Countries - Specialist lead: Dr Susannah Stanway
- Paediatric/Teenage/Young Adult Cancer - Specialist lead: Dr Donna Lancaster
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