Advanced Clinical Immunology Studies II

Catalog description

Pre-requisite: CILC 6015. This online course will expose the clinical laboratory sciences students to a general introduction to the cancer biology, the characteristics of the cancer cells and their tumor products. The thematic content includes the following topics: origin, biochemistry, laboratory identification and quantification, and the clinical application of blood soluble and tissue tumor markers. A general overview of the value of tumor markers as clinical tools, its specificity and tumor sensitivity, frequency in the determ ination and cost effectiveness will also be discussed in this course. The topics will be presented through the following instructional strategies: lectures, study case analyses, group discussion and independent study, among others.