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B020328 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
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Academic Year 2023-24
Coorte 2021 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in DIETISTIC
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio"
Modulo di sola Frequenza of
Scientific Area
MED/06 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Credits
1
Teaching Hours
12
Teaching Term
25/09/2023 ⇒ 31/01/2024
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Powerpoint presentations and WEBEX registrations (available on the e-learning platform, UniFI)
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Reference book:
COMU Collegio degli Oncologi Medici Italiani - Manuale di oncologia medica. Minerva Medica editore. 2018
COMU Collegio degli Oncologi Medici Italiani - Manuale di oncologia medica. Minerva Medica editore. 2018
Learning Objectives
Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire the essential knowledge to understand fundamental aspects of cancer patient conditions useful to plan their nutritional therapy.
Capability to apply knowledge and understanding: applying the theorical knowledge to the practice of nutritional assistance of cancer patients.
Capability to apply knowledge and understanding: applying the theorical knowledge to the practice of nutritional assistance of cancer patients.
Teaching Methods
frontal lectures
Type of Assessment
oral examination
Course program
General notions of medical oncology and etiology of tumors
Cancer epidemiology and general and specific risk factors
Diet, physical activity, obesity and cancer
Cancer prevention, regulations and recommendations
Anticancer therapies and their undesired reactions with particular reference to gastrointestinal disorders, metabolism and nutrition disorders
Malnutrition
Neoplastic anorexia and cachexia: etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical features, drug therapy and nutritional intervention
Cancer epidemiology and general and specific risk factors
Diet, physical activity, obesity and cancer
Cancer prevention, regulations and recommendations
Anticancer therapies and their undesired reactions with particular reference to gastrointestinal disorders, metabolism and nutrition disorders
Malnutrition
Neoplastic anorexia and cachexia: etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical features, drug therapy and nutritional intervention