Course description
The course covers key principles of cancer development and cancer therapies and provides an appreciation for the concept of cancer stem cells and its implications from a clinical and basic science perspective. This includes a general overview of molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cancer development, drug resistance, disease relapse, cancer stem cells, therapeutic stem cell transplantation and clinical care for the treatment of solid tumors and leukemia, immunological cancer-related considerations, and perspectives for novel cancer therapies.
The participant will be required to take an active part in this course by contributing with presentations and discussions related to cancer and cancer stem cells.
The course is part of two doctoral programmes, FoTO (Tumor Biology and Oncology) and DevReg (Development and Regeneration), which sponsor the course alternatively every other year. It is also given in collaboration with the Master's Programme in Biomedicine.
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
Basic knowledge in Cancer Biology and Cell Biology.
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s individual study plan/research (according to written motivation).
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
Course director
Arnika Wagner: arnika.wagner@ki.se
Pedro Moura: pedro.moura@ki.se
Course syllabus
H7F5309
Department
Department of Medicine, Huddinge
Doctoral programme
Tumour Biology and Oncology (FoTO), Development and Regeneration (DevReg)
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Cancer stem cells, cancer, stem cells, stamceller, cancer stamceller, therapy of cancer, terapi av cancer