ESMO-ESO Course on Medical Oncology for Medical Students 2018

ESMO-ESO Course on Medical Oncology for Medical Students is organized by European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and will be held from Jul 19 - 24, 2018 at University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Course Description :
Through a condensed, high-standard educational programme, we aim to motivate medical students to choose medical oncology as a career. The intention is to attract and engage the brightest and most dedicated students to commit to working in this fast-evolving field to the benefit of cancer patients as ultimate goal.

Course objectives :
• To provide an insight into medical oncology, filling the gap in the medical student’s curriculum
• To present and discuss clinical cases with a multidisciplinary approach
• To start a dialogue with the student community through a tailor-made course enhancing and broadening medical students’ education and learning experience

Main topics :
• A practical approach to cancer diagnosis, staging, prognosis and therapy
• Principles of medical therapy for cancer
• Breast cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Gastric cancer
• Lung cancer
• Melanoma and brain tumours
• Ovarian cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Renal cell carcinoma
• Testicular cancer

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.