HEAD AND NECK CANCER

Catalog description

This course focuses on the early prevention and identification of oral cancer and the detection and diagnosis of pre- malignant, asymptomatic, and early lesions, as well as in identifying risk factors and clinical manifestations of carcinomas and sarcomas that occur most often in the oral cavity. Students learn the most frequent location, prognosis, and etiopathogenesis of the disease. The students also learn how cancer patients are treated before, during, and after a cancer treatment consisting of surgery, radiation therapy, an d chemotherapy, emphasizing a team approach with other professionals in cancer treatment.