Overview
Key facts
This will include the ways in which interrogation of a person’s own genome and the genome of neoplastic cells can facilitate the diagnosis and personalised treatment of cancer.This microcredential covers the molecular mechanisms that underlie cancer development, growth and metastasis, and the differences between different cancers. It will explore the different molecular and cellular actions of anti-cancer treatments, the genomic factors affecting response and resistance to treatment, and the research approaches to anti-cancer drug design and development. Broad situations which confer a high cancer risk to a person and/or to other members of the same family will be discussed in the context of how genomic information may be integrated into cancer screening programmes, and the impact this may have on the patient and their family. This module will also prepare students to interrogate the cancer data sets from the 100,000 Genomes Project if relevant for their research project.
University of Birmingham's Genomics in Cancer Pathology programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Cellular properties of tumours: growth, division, invasion, aberrant hormone or toxin production, and immunogenicity, including T cell and B cell repertoire profiling.
- Tumour classification systems.
- Factors in tumour formation: molecular mechanisms and role of microenvironment, molecular signatures and changing classification.
- Diagnosis, molecular sub-classification, aggressiveness (prognosis) characterisation of metastases.
- Breakthrough tumour/metastases and molecular mechanisms
- Genomic testing of solid tumours and haematological cancers, including: importance of sample quality; and testing of cell free tumour DNA in blood, for diagnosis and monitoring of solid cancers.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Health Sciences Genetics View 587 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
You should have a good honours degree in a life sciences subject, although we will consider applicants with alternative qualifications and professional experience within the health service or other relevant background. You should either take An Introduction to Human Genetics and Genomics and module 2 Omics Techniques and their Application to Genomic Medicine first, or be able to show you have equivalent knowledge and understanding to enable you to benefit from this module.
Tuition Fee
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International
1830 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1830 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1000 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1000 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Birmingham
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.