Cancer Genetics

Course Outline: (34 hours)

Contents:

1. Introduction, background, position and definition of cancer

2. Cancer cell and its characteristics

3. Carcinogenic agents and the molecular mechanisms of the onset of cancer

4. Mutation and carcinogenicity

5. Cell cycle from molecular point of view and its relation to cancer

6. Genetic stability and instability in tumors

7. Neoplasm and chromosomal abnormalities

8. Cellular oncology

9. Viral oncogenes

10. Oncogenes and chromosomal abnormalities

11. Strengthening of oncogenes in tumor

12. Tumor-suppressing genes

13. Molecular techniques and markers for cancer detection

14. Telomeres, telomerase and cancer

15. Gene therapy in cancer and advanced cancers

16. Conventional cancer treatment methods and their comparison to genetic techniques