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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Master's Degree
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Department / Program
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BIOENGINEERING
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Elective
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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Providing the details of basic principles of cancer development at the level of molecular and cell biology.
Making the students familiar with the basic concepts applied to cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Providing basic knowledge in the field in order to follow current literature.
Providing main knowledge behind the difficulties in the treatment of cancer.
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Course Content
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This course provides an integrated lecture series summarizing current knowledge in cancer biology and integrating current literature with basic concepts. It will emphasize carcinogenesis, cell cycle and regulation, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, angiogenesis, metastasis and invasion, interactions between tumor and its environment, multi drug resistance mechanisms, cancer stem cell and targeting of all steps of carcinogenesis for therapy.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Students-based active learning
Assignments as small-quizzes
Individual presentations
Midterm
Final exam
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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Associate Prof.Dr. Aysun Adan
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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Resources
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Principles of Cancer Biology: Pearson New International Edition, Lewis J.Kleinsmith,2014
Cancer signaling : from molecular biology to targeted therapy / Christoph Wagener, Carol Stocking, and Oliver Müller
The Molecular Biology of Cancer: A bridge from bench to Bedside/ Stella Pelengaris and Michael Khan
Current Scientific articles related to topics
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Course Notes
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Will be shared via canvas
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Documents
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Canvas
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Assignments
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Canvas
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Exams
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Yüz yüze sınıf ortamında
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