Course ID
036196
Course Description
Cancer Biology is a core course in the Cancer Biology Graduate Program. Lectures will focus on key observations and basics information in cancer biology. Required for all first year Cancer Biology graduate students.
The primary goal of this course is to familiarize the student with the concepts that serve as the foundation for our current view of cancer as a genetic disease. Material will be drawn primarily from the textbook but will be supplemented with readings from the current literature to highlight recent developments in the field. Major topics to be covered include: the multistep model of carcinogenesis, the molecular basis of cancer, cancer detection and diagnosis, and cancer therapeutics.
The primary goal of this course is to familiarize the student with the concepts that serve as the foundation for our current view of cancer as a genetic disease. Material will be drawn primarily from the textbook but will be supplemented with readings from the current literature to highlight recent developments in the field. Major topics to be covered include: the multistep model of carcinogenesis, the molecular basis of cancer, cancer detection and diagnosis, and cancer therapeutics.
Min Units
4
Max Units
4
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Attributes
GIDP - ABS (Applied Biosciences)
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No