BMES-5604: Cancer Detection and Therapeutics

Description: Complexities and characteristics of cancer. Cancer progression and metastasis. Methods of tumor modeling. Cancer diagnosis methods including biopsy, pathology, and medical imaging. Cancer therapy methods including surgery, transplantation, energy-based therapies, and chemotherapeutic and immunotherapy agents. Decision-making strategies for tumor therapy. Case studies of cancer patients. Pre: Graduate Standing.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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