The mai objectives can be summarized as follow:
to understand the basis teaching of oncology, supportive care and treatment of all frekvent oncologic diseases
Syllabus
General oncology
Theoretical background and future developement in clinical oncology.
Anticancer chemotherapy, hormonotherapy and biotherapy. Radiotherapy. Implication of radioisotopes. Surgery. Infectious complications in immunocompromised host. Analgetics, supportive and palliative cancer care. Nutrition and cancer. Nutritional support of malnourished cancer patient. Dietary factors in cancer prevention. Bone marrow and peripheral stem cell transplantation. Acute complications in oncology, coagulopathy and hypercalcaemia, hyperviscosis. Psychological problems of oncological patients.
Special oncology
Cancer of head and neck. Colorectal cancer. Lung cancer. Cancer of prostate, bladder and kidney. Hematological malignant disease.
ADAM, Zdeněk, Jiří VORLÍČEK and Jiří VANÍČEK. Diagnostické a léčebné postupy u maligních chorob. Praha: Grada Publishing s.r.o., 2002. 612 pp. ISBN 80-7169-792-3. info
VORLÍČEK, Jiří. Klinická onkologie - I. díl - obecná část (Clinical oncology - volume I. - general part). In Masarykova universita. Brno, 1995. ISBN 80-210-1256-0. info
VORLÍČEK, Jiří and Zdeněk ADAM. Paliativní medicína (Palliative Medicine). 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Avicenum, 1998. 480 pp. Grada Publishing 1998. ISBN 80-7169-437-1. info
SPENCER, R. Oncology (Oncology). 2001. ISBN 0-19-262982-4. info
ABRAHAM, J. Bethesda Hanbook of Clinical Oncology (Bethesda Hanbook of Clinical Oncology). 2001. ISBN 0-7817-2300-0. info
ŽALOUDÍK, Jan, Zdeněk ADAM and Jana KOPTÍKOVÁ. Interaktivní výuka onkologie na internetu (Interactive courses in oncology on internet). Brno: UOC LF MU, 2000. 620 pp. www.uoc.muni.cz. info
Hematologie :pro praktické lékaře. Edited by Zdeněk Adam - Jiří Vorlíček. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2007. 314 s. ISBN 978-80-7262-453. info
Pillot, Giancarlo: Hematology and Oncology Subspecialty Consult.2004. ISBN 0-7817-4375-3
Hematologie 1 :neonkologická hematologie. Edited by Miroslav Penka. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2001. 201 s. ISBN 80-247-0023-9. info
ADAM, Zdeněk and Jiří VORLÍČEK. Obecná onkologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2005. 442 pp. ISBN 80-210-3574. info
Hematologie :přehled maligních hematologických nemocí. Edited by Zdeněk Adam - Marta Krejčí - Jiří Vorlíček. 2. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008. 390 s., X. ISBN 978-80-247-2502. info
Assessment methods
Oncology for students of general medicine ends with credit and oral examen. Oncology for magister study of non medial direction ends with credit only.
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.