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The Cancer Problem (THINK23)-- Provisional Outline Syllabus for Spring 2017 Full syllabus available in Modules-->Course Basics Two required lectures per week (Tue, Thu
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM in Shriram Ctr BioChemE 104) |
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Required Texts Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies (ISBN-13: 978-1439170915) |
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Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (ISBN-13: 978-1400052189) |
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Week 1 |
Lecture 1 |
April 4 |
The Cancer Problem: Personal and Societal Aspects |
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Movie Night |
April 5 |
50/50 (Directed by Jonathan Levine), TBA |
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Lecture 2 |
April 6 |
The Scope of the Problem: Population Statistics and Trends |
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Week 2 |
Lecture 3 |
April 11 |
The Nature of the Problem: Diagnosis and Prognosis |
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Lecture 4 |
April 13 |
The Origin of the Problem: Cancer and the Single Cell |
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Week 3 |
Lecture 5 |
April 18 |
Treating the Problem: Chemotherapy and Palliative Care |
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Lecture 6 |
April 20 |
Treating the Problem: Surgery and Radiation |
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Week 4 |
Lecture 7 |
April 25 |
Treating the Problem: Hormones |
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Lecture 8 |
April 27 |
Cause of the Problem? The Coal Tar Story |
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Week 5 |
Lecture 9 |
May 2 |
Cause of the Problem? The Industrial Blues |
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Lecture 10 |
May 4 |
To Screen or Not to Screen? |
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Week 6 |
Lecture 11 |
May 9 |
Cancer Prevention |
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Lecture 12 |
May 11 |
Tobacco Wars (Dr Robert Jackler) |
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Week 7 |
Lecture 13 |
May 16 |
Ethics of Biomedical Research (Dr Paul Vorster) |
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Lecture 14 |
May 18 |
Cancer Health Disparities (Dr Nynikka Palmer) |
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Week 8 |
Lecture 15 |
May 23 |
Oncogenes (Dr Saumya Sankaran) |
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Lecture 16 |
May 25 |
Tumor Suppressor Genes (Dr Jehnna Ronan) |
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Week 9 |
Lecture 17 |
May 30 |
Targeted Cancer Therapies (Dr Kim Allison) |
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Lecture 18 |
June 1 |
Who Profits and at What Cost? |
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Week 10 |
Lecture 19 |
June 6 |
Summary and Prospects |
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Poster Session, Monday June 12, 12:15-3:15PM, location to be determined |
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