HEP607 - FUNDAMENTALS of CANCER REGISTRATION

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
FUNDAMENTALS of CANCER REGISTRATION HEP607 Any Semester/Year 2 0 2 4
PrequisitesNON
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Drill and Practice
Problem Solving
 
Instructor (s)Doç.Dr. Sultan Eser 
Course objectiveThe aim of the course is to ensure to gain information on principles and methods of cancer registration and to know the importance of quality of the data. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Explain the historical development of cancer registration, define the role of cancer registration within cancer epidemiology
  2. Discuss the uses of cancer registration.
  3. Define the cancer registration sysytems and tells the characteristics of each.
  4. Determine the terminology on cancer pathology
  5. Disscuss the data ascertainment.
  6. Determine the case finding, abstracting.
  7. Determine the coding systems, apply coding.
  8. Define the principles of staging. Determine CanReg5 software. Define the data process as death certification clearance, duplication detection, rules of multiple primary, internal consistency checks.. Discuss confidentiality.
Course ContentDescription and uses of Cancer registration, principles of cancer pathology, cancer registration systems, case assertainment, abstracting, coding, CanReg5 software, staging, confidentiality, conparability and quality control process.  
ReferencesCancer Registration Principles and Methods. O.M. Jensen, D.M. Parkin, R. MacLennan, C.S. Muir and R.G. Skeet, IARC no:95 , Lyon 1991.
Cancer Epidemiology: Principles and Methods, Isabel dos Santos Silva, IARC, Lyon, 1999
Armstrong KB. The role of the cancer registry in cancer control. Cancer Causes and Control. Vol 3,1992, 569-579.
Comparability and Quality Control in Cancer Registration, Parkin, D.M., Chen, V.W., Ferlay, J., Galceran, J., et al, IARC, 1991
ICD-O International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition, A Fritz, C Percy, A JAck, K Shanmugaratham, et al, WHO, Geneva 2000  

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction to cancer registration, historical background
Week 2Basic principles in cancer epidemiology
Week 3Introduction to cancer pathology
Week 4Data sources, case ascertainment
Week 5Case abstracting
Week 6ICD O 3 classification system and coding
Week 7Multiple primaries
Week 8Canreg 5 software
Week 9Death certification clearance, data processing
Week 10Data analysing and presentation
Week 11Confidentiality
Week 12Staging
Week 13Comparability and quality control
Week 14Breast cancer, lung cancer: abstracting, coding
Week 15Exam preparation
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments420
Presentation430
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes850
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 2 28
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14228
Presentation / Seminar Preparation41040
Project000
Homework assignment4520
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 144
Total Workload3723120

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

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