OVERVIEW

Exploring Cancer Medicines is organized by FutureLearn.

What topics will you cover?
• The history of cancer medicines with a focus on cancer chemotherapy.
• The sources of information to use when researching cancer medicines.
• Important developments that led to the discovery of modern chemotherapeutics.
• How developments in cancer medicines are reported in the news.
• Modern perspectives of cancer chemotherapy.
• An overview of new approaches to cancer treatment.
• Telling the story: research and write a blog post about future directions in cancer medicines.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
• Reflect on what cancer chemotherapy is and how it was developed.
• Identify resources which can be used to find out more about the developments in cancer medicines.
• Compare examples of science writing, and identify angles and target audiences.
• Investigate current developments in cancer medicines and discuss potential future approaches to treatment.
• Produce a short blog post about future directions in cancer medicine treatments.