PCOL467

042576

The use of chemotherapeutic agents and modern biologics to target and kill cancer cells is a major part of the strategy to treat cancer. The overall goal of the course is to provide the student with a broad understanding of the context, mechanisms, and pharmacologic principles of the use of anticancer drugs. The course provides an understanding of cancer from the systems, cellular, and molecular levels with a focus on the action of modern and historical anticancer drugs. Within this framework we will learn how and why anticancer therapeutics work and how cancers resist them. Additional topics will include the pharmacological details that affect efficacy, choice of treatment, side effects, and contraindications as well as the advances resulting from the genomics revolution that led to molecular targeting and immunotherapy.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

018933