本課程以2小時教材講授方式,在生物學的基礎上,講授腫瘤生物學新知,並進行腫瘤生物學教材及各主要癌症形成因素的課堂講解。課程內容包括近期相關腫瘤生物學學術新知進展、致癌及抑癌基因理論,細胞的生長及凋亡調控,訊息傳遞機轉,腫瘤幹細胞應用、腫瘤發生轉移,抗癌藥設計的新觀念,腫瘤免疫治療以及腫瘤病理診斷等教材講授。本課程的教學目標在讓學生修習腫瘤生物學後,可運用於健康產業科技的創新。
This course will present an overview of the cancer development process at the cellular and molecular level, including regulatory networks involved in growth control and tissue organization and an introduction to animal, cell and molecular techniques for studying progression, treatment and prevention of cancer.