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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.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 3

Average GPA: 3.99 (rounds to A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 96.67%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

John L Robertson2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.992
Dawen Zhao2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W