Overview
Description
This course uses a combination of lecture, student discussion, and independent research to apply the fundamentals of cancer epidemiology, including classic descriptive cancer epidemiology, basic cancer biology, etiology of common and uncommon human cancers, major and minor risk factors for cancer, screening techniques for early detection, cancer biomarkers, and current research in cancer epidemiology. Students will conduct data analyses and report on a type of cancer of their choosing.
Requirements
Prerequisites
PBH 473
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): PBH 473.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe each of the significant types of cancer for which a proven form of cancer control is available.
- describe behavioral, environmental, occupational, and host-related risk factors and the cancers associated with each.
- design, conduct, interpret, and clearly communicate the result of an epidemiological investigation focusing on a specific type of cancer of the student’s choice using SEER*Stat and culminating in a final project.