Learn essential skills in cancer biology, cancer metastasis, and prostate cancer, which will allow you to develop a deep understanding of the impact of cancer on the human body.
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Healthcare is a rapidly evolving field with new research leading to advances in medicine. This series was created at Johns Hopkins University and is overseen by leading faculty and cancer experts.
The specialization focuses on the basics of cancer biology, the spread of cancer, and the basics of preventing prostate cancer, the most common cancer in American men.
The course deals with understanding the spread of cancer, explaining how cancer spreads to various factors, major theories regarding spread, and major organs targeted by cancer spread.
The specialization focuses on understanding prostate cancer, including:
Learners will be able to:
Course 1
8 hours
4.8 (7,414 ratings)
More than 500,000 people in the United States and more than 8 million people worldwide die each year from cancer. As people live longer, cancer rates are rising worldwide, and the disease is expected to affect more than 20 million people annually by 2030. This course is designed for people who want to develop an understanding of cancer and how it is prevented, diagnosed, and treated.
The course presents the molecular biology of cancer, the risk factors for the main types of cancer, and the main ways to detect cancer through imaging.
The course is not intended for patients seeking treatment guidance, but it can help you understand how cancer develops and provide a framework for understanding cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Course 2
5 hours
4.9 (2,401 ratings)
In this course, doctors and scientists from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine explain how cancer spreads, or metastasizes. We will introduce the major theories of metastasis and then detail the biology behind the steps in metastasis.
Course 3
4 hours
4.8 (657 ratings)
Welcome to the Understanding Prostate Cancer course. I have been studying prostate cancer and treating patients with prostate cancer for over 25 years.
Each year, more than 1,000,000 men worldwide and 230,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer. This course provides an introduction to the biology of prostate cancer as well as how the disease is diagnosed and treated at various stages.
The course is recommended for anyone interested in developing a deeper understanding of the biology and treatment of prostate cancer.
