Non-small Cell Lung Cancer - Diagnosis (Course)

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

Duration: 1 Hour

Description: There has been a rapid increase in the incidence of lung cancer since the 1930s. The association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer was first proposed in 1941, and has been substantiated with epidemiological studies. Thus, as the numbers of cigarette-smoking individuals in a given population rises and falls, so do the rates of lung cancer. Lung cancer can be classified as either small cell lung cancer (SCLC) or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), based on the characteristics of the disease and its response to treatment. This course details symptoms, diagnostic procedures, and imaging devices used to detect lung cancer.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction

1. Course Information

2. Interface Tour

3. Course Overview

Symptoms

4. Objectives

5. Overview

6. Local Tumor Growth

7. Metastases

8. Progress Check

Diagnostic Procedures

9. Objectives

10. Diagnostic Procedures

11. Imaging

12. Progress Check

Conclusion

13. Summary

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

> List the symptoms of local tumor growth.

> Explain how distant symptoms indicate metastasis.

> Describe the causes of systemic symptoms.

> Describe the diagnostic procedure.

> Explain how various imaging devices are used to make a cancer diagnosis.

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
Course Unit 2 of 3
Price: $145.00 / GBP75.40