COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS AND CANCER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 5037 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS AND CANCER ELECTIVE 1 2 0 4

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SAFIYE AKTAŞ

Offered to

Basic Oncology

Course Objective


The aim of this study is to teach the methods, purposes of animal models in oncology. The students will learn how to develop tumor models. The role and importance of animal models in oncologic research will be thougt in details.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable of understanding importance of experimental animal model studies in oncology.
2   Be able to understand aim and principles of experimental animal studis in oncology.
3   Be able to learn methods of tumor forming in animal models.
4   Be able to understand ethic concerns of experimental animal tumor models.
5   Capable of planning and doing experimental oncologic animal studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Role of animal model studies in research
2 Role of animal model studies in research
3 Choosing animals for oncologic research
4 Imaging in animal models
5 Principles of immune supressed animals
6 Spontaneous and induced tumor models
7 Tumor forming by transplantation
8 Using transgenic technology in oncologic research
9 Forming metastatic disease model in experimental animals.
10 Follow up of tumor growth and tumor related factors in experimental animals
11 Using oncologic medical products in experimental animals
12 Ethic concerns in oncologic experimental animal models 13. Carcinogenesis related studies in animals 14.Cancer prophilactic studies in animals 15. Side effect studies in animal models 15.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Molecular Biology in Cancer Medicine. Razelle Kurzrock, Moshe Talpaz, Martin Dunitz 1995.
2. The Biology of Cancer Robert A. Weinberg, Gariand Science 2007
3. Biyomedikal Araştırmalarda Deney Hayvanı "Temel Bilgiler ve Etik Ilkeler Yeğen B, Gören Z eds. Yüce yayınevi, 2005
4. Deney hayvanları, Laboratuar teknikleri, Başaran A. Nisan kitabevi,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Lectures, Working for exams, Reading practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed with classical questions of mid-term and final exams. The homework on the topic of reading and evaluating 5 different types of papers about tumor immunology will help in evaluating the learner understood the topics or not.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

28202 05055569745

Office Hours

Monday at: 13.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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