Laurea Magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia - sede di Torino

Basic knowledge of:

• Biological bases of main/most frequent adult solid tumors
• Radiotherapy: biological principles, clinical indications, most relevant techniques & treatment schemes
• Psycho-Oncology: patient-physician relationship; psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of oncology and palliative care

Expected learning outcomes include:

- Acquisition of most relevant diagnostic-therapeutic skills; critically read and understand data derived from clinical studies in oncology

- Understand the rationale, indications, expected results and toxicities of radiation therapy

- Understand the main features and modalities of psycho-oncological interventions in oncology and palliative care

Each module (Oncology, Psycho-Oncology, Radiotherapy) has a dedicated description of the program here:

- Oncology (track B) (SME0734A)

Epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of main/most frequent adult solid neoplasias:

• thoracic neoplasias: mesothelioma, non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
• neuroendocrine tumors
• urogenital neoplasias: bladder, kidney, prostate, testicular cancer
• gastrointestinal neoplasias: oesophageal, gastric, colorectal, biliary, pancreatic cancer, and hepatocarcinoma
• breast cancer
• gynecologic neoplasias: ovarian, endometrial, cervical cancer
• mesenchymal tumors: bone and soft tissue sarcomas, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
• melanoma and immunotherapy
• supportive and palliative care

- Psycho-Oncology (track B) (SME0734C)

- Radiotherapy (track B) (SME 0734B) 

In person lectures supported with slides and A/V material; each lecture includes critical discussion of case reports and study material supply (PDF of the slides used during the lectures).

Each module will be composed of 12 lectures (tot. 24 hours).

In-person final test.

Mixed assessment (written + oral). The written test is composed of 5 multiple-choice questions (4 Oncology + 1 Radiotherapy question), only one answer is correct.

The evaluation of the written test, composed of five multiple-choice questions (only one correct answer for each of the five questions), will not be expressed as a written test mark. To proceed to the oral exam, it is necessary to answer correctly to all the 5 questions of the written test. Hence, the result will be only PASS (5/5 correct answers) or NO PASS (any other result).

The time available to complete the written test is 15 minutes.

Only those students who pass the written exam can access the oral exam, which will include the three Modules.

For the Oncology module, the oral exam will include at least one, broad question on a topic explained during the course (for instance, one specific pathology/neoplasia), asking the Candidate to contextualize the various steps/elements. Usually, a second, more specific question is foreseen (for instance, a specific therapeutic indication for a selected clinical/patient setting).

It is mandatory to get a pass-mark in all three modules to pass the exam and it is not possible to separate the three modules (i.e. repeat the exam only for one module).

- Evaluation expressed in thirtieths (maximum 30/30, with honors).

Non prevista attività di supporto.

PDF of the lectures will be provided during the course.