Introduction to Oncology - Treatment (Course)

CME Credits: 1 Credit (as suggested by the California Medical Association)

Duration: 1 Hour

Description: This course presents basic scientific and medical background information about cancer treatments.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction

1. Course Information

2. Interface Tour

3. Course Overview

Background

4. Objectives

5. Background

Treatment Options

6. Objectives

7. Treatment Types

8. Palliative Care

9. Pain Control

10. Radiotherapy

11. Surgery

12. Chemotherapy

13. Immunotherapy

14. Hormone Therapy

15. Progress Check

Side Effects

16. Objectives

17. Hematological

18. Non-hematological

19. Opportunistic Infections

Assessing Treatment

20. Objectives

21. RECIST

22. Imaging

23. Performance Status

24. Progress Check

Conclusion

25. Summary

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

> Define what cancer is.

> Understand some basic causes of cancer.

> Know where to go for more information.

> List four different cancer treatments.

> Define palliative care.

> List two agents used to control pain.

> Explain how and when surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy are used.

> Describe an example of biological therapy.

> Explain how various hematological effects can arise due to specific cancer treatments.

> Describe non-hematological side effects, and their possible causes.

> List common cancer-related opportunistic infections.

> Explain how RECIST is used to measure tumor response.

> List three common imaging methods.

> Match a description of a patient to one of three performance status scales

Each Online Training Course or Professional Designation Program listed below comes complete with;

> 24 hour access to the course for 90 days,

> a printable PDF file including the notes to the course,

> a test used to measure your understanding of the material provided in the course, and

> a Certificate of Completion once you have passed a course, or;

> a Certificate of Professional Designation if you are enrolling in a Professional Designation program
Unit 1 of 5 course units
Price: $145.00 / GBP75.40