General pathology
Module Oral Oncology

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Massimo LIBRA

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course includes the presentation of the general mechanisms that underlie the disease, through the analysis of different etiological factors and pathogenesis of oral cancer.

Course Structure

The teaching will be carried out through the provision of classroom teaching lessons plus laboratory exercises to be carried out in the laboratories of the Biological Tower in order to improve the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during the hours spent in the classroom.

Required Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of general pathology and oncology. 

Detailed Course Content

The benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck General Considerations Prognostic factors Risk factors Classification Natural history Oncogenesis Clinical outcome Bases of biological therapy

Textbook Information

RAPHAEL RUBIN – PATOLOGIA GENERALE – PICCIN

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1I tumori benigni e maligni della testa e del collo
2Considerazioni generali sui tumori del cavo orale
3Fattori prognostici e Fattori di rischio per i tumori del cavo orale
4Classificazione
5Storia naturale
6 Oncogenesi e quadro clinico
7Basi di terapia biologica

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral exam
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