Anti-Cancer Therapeutics and Clinical Trials

1 credits · Graduate Programs

An overview of current anti-cancer therapeutics, including radiation, immuno- and chemo-therapeutic options, as well as the use of personalized medicine approaches to improving patient outcomes. Learning objectives include how to design preclinical studies to support human clinical trials, with a major focus on ethics considerations. Prerequisite(s): Consent of course co-ordinator. Preference will be given to those in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate program or the Cancer Biology Specialization of the Medical Science graduate program.