Course program
• Oncology.
Phenotypic changes: metaplasia, dysplasia, anaplasia. Precancerous lesions. Introduction to oncology: molecular mechanisms of neoplastic transformation. Definition of tumor. Morphological and biochemical characteristics of the neoplastic cell. Physical, chemical, viral,nutritional and hormonal carcinogenesis. Criteria for tumor classification: classification according to biological behavior, histogenetic classification of tumors, clinicopathological classification of tumors (staging, grading), molecular classification of neoplasms. Oncogenes and their mechanisms of activation. Oncosuppressor genes. Cancer stem cells. Stages of the neoplastic process: initiation, promotion and progression (invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis). Tumor microenvironment. Pathophysiology of cell replication and differentiation in tumors. Genomic instability. Epigenetics and tumors. Metabolism and tumors. Hereditary tumors. Tumors of the blood. Biological basis of antineoplastic therapy.
• General pathophysiology
General pathophysiology of hydro-electrolyte turnover and acid-base balance, Shock, Edema
Pathophysiology of hypertension and atherosclerosis
Pathophysiology of renal, respiratory, cardiac, digestive function.
Pathophysiology of liver and biliary tract, dyslipidemia
Pathophysiology of nutrition: obesity, nutraceuticals, celiac disease, food intolerances
Pathophysiology of blood, hematopoietic organs and hemostasis.
Endocrine pathophysiology. Pathophysiology of the integrated hypothalamic-pituitary system. Pathophysiology of the thyroid gland. Pathophysiology of multiple endocrine neoplasms (MEN). Pathophysiology of the adrenal gland. Pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus.
Phatophysiology of the metabolism of purines. Gout.
Phatophysiology of the metabolism of carbohydrates.
Phatophysiology of the metabolism of proteins.
Phatophysiology of the metabolism of calcium.
Phatophysiology of the parathyroid glands.
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of biochemistry, biology and genetics, human histology and embryology, microbiology, human anatomy and physiology is required. To take the final exam (including the I and II semester), the student must have passed all the exams of the I and II years and Human Physiology.
Books
Pontieri-Russo-Frati, Patologia Generale, Ed Piccin
Robbins and Cotran, Pathologic basis of disease, Elsevier Saunders
Rubin's Pathology, Clinicopathologic Foundations of Medicine, Rubin and Stryer, Lippincott Raven
Teaching mode
Ex cathedra lessons and telematic lessons with Google Zoom.
Power Point lessons in Moodle
Frequency
67% of the presence is requested fro the exam.
Exam mode
Two different combinations for oral exam with open answers are proposed in presence in the classroom:
a) to take a first oral exam which exonerates from the program of the first semester, followed by a second oral exam on the program of the second semester
b) to take a single oral exam on the entire program of the first and second semesters
Lesson mode
Ex cathedra lessons.
Power Point lessons in Moodle.