Oncology and radiotherapy

Opterećenje:

Opis predmeta:

Ishodi učenja:

1. Classify the changes typical for healthy and malignant cells and tissues
2. Develop an algorithm for optimal treatment of patients suffering from malignant disease of certain tumor sites, whose consequences are possible to occur in the oral cavity
3. Assess the difference between healthy, inflammatory and malignant tissue in the oral cavity or on the skin of the head and neck area
4. Distinguish the procedures related to proving suspicious lesions (changes for which you are not sure) on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity or the skin of the head and neck area
5. Define antitumor treatment (which includes chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and immunotherapy, application of biological therapy, radiotherapy and isotope treatment)
6. Describe the process of diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients with malignant diseases
7. Describe modern radiotherapy techniques aimed at better local control diseases while at the same time more successfully protecting the surrounding healthy tissue
8. Planning the treatment of changes in the oral cavity that have occurred or will occur as a result of the treatment of a malignant disease in general, which does not originate from the oral cavity
9. Recognize the side effects of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, as well as radiotherapy
10. Recognize the most significant tumors in clinical practice (eg, individual sub-localizations of tumors, clarified the difference between HPV-positive and HPV-negative tumors, etc.)

Literatura:

1. Onkologija, Obligatory literature
   All Lectures and Practicals are available in system for Academic Year 2025/2026, Ana Frobe and Marin Prpić, Naklada Slap, 2024.