Study-unit MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO ONCO - HEMATOLOGY
| Course name | Human feeding and nutrition sciences |
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| Study-unit Code | A000794 |
| Location | PERUGIA |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Paolo Sportoletti |
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| CFU | 5 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2022 |
| Supplied | 2023/24 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | MED/50 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | - Lifestyles and nutrition in cancer prevention - Chemotherapy and proper nutrition - Nutrition in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation - The link between genes, nutrition and cancer - Anemia in nutritional deficiencies and in tumors - Natural substances and treatment of tumors and leukemia |
| Reference texts | Specific Pubmed references will be indicated during the lectures. slides presented during lectures will be made available on the Unistudium platform Materials and/or assessment methodologies consistent with the needs of disabled and/or DSA students are available |
| Educational objectives | The aim of the course is to contribute to the training of graduates with specific knowledge in the field of problems related to the relationship between onco-haematological diseases and nutrition. The training activity is aimed at the study of cancer pathologies more directly related to nutrition, evaluating the influence that nutrition can have on the onset, in the prevention and therapy of malignant neoplasias and related complications. The course will also allow the student to acquire some basic technical notions on specific laboratory diagnostic methods in solid and blood tumors. |
| Prerequisites | To be able to understand and face the course, the student must have passed with huge success the exam preparatory described in the regulation on the degree course. |
| Teaching methods | Lectures materials and/or assessment methodologies consistent with the needs of disabled and/or DSA students are available |
| Other information | N/A |
| Learning verification modality | Oral examination consisting of one or more questions aimed at ascertaining the level of knowledge, understanding and synthesis achieved by the student as well as to verify the acquisition of method, appropriate language and exposure. The oral exam is divided into several thematic areas that characterize the teaching with lasting about 20 min. materials and/or assessment methodologies consistent with the needs of disabled and/or DSA students are available |
| Extended program | - Lifestyles and nutrition in cancer prevention - Chemotherapy and proper nutrition - Nutrition in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation - The link between genes, nutrition and cancer - Anemia in nutritional deficiencies and in tumors - Natural substances and treatment of tumors and leukemia |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Salute e benessere |