ILOs:

• Define and distinguish between the terms ‘tumour’ and ‘cancer’ and ‘benign’ and ‘malignant’.
• Define teratoma and briefly describe its origin.
• Explain how tumours arise at a molecular and cellular level, as a consequence of mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes.
• Define the cell cycle, describe its various stages and outline how it is normally regulated.
• Explain the basic principles of an X-ray, CT scan and MRI scan and include when it would be appropriate to use each of these.

• Describe the normal cell cycle and how it is regulated (lectures)
• Describe an abnormal cell cycle and its role in cancer formation, including tumour suppressor genes and oncogenes (lectures)
• Define the terms benign, malignant, cancer and tumour
• Describe different imaging techniques used to diagnose cancers
• Describe the development and characteristics of teratomas
• Briefly describe the management of cancer patients - multidisciplinary team etc

PBL 4 - Cancer & Imaging.pdf