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Overview | | | Hematology/Oncology Professor Rounds provides the student an introduction to the clinical approaches to hematologic (including coagulopathic) and oncologic diseases. A very brief overview of the diagnostic approaches to cytopenias, cytoses, and coagulopathies will serve as an introduction to a discussion of one or two cases involving such disorders. Next, a very brief overview of the clinicopathologic distinctions amongst the leukemias, and amongst the lymphomas, will serve as an introduction to a discussion of one or two cases involving such disorders. Finally, a couple of cases of common solid tumors be used to frame a discussion of the general approach to the clinical course, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. | | Learning Objectives | - Cytopenias and cytoses: The student will understand the basic approaches to diagnosing the causes of anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, and thrombocytosis.
- Coagulopathies: The student will understand the basic approaches to diagnosing the causes of hemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders.
- Common Hematologic Malignancies: The student will understand the basic clinicopathologic distinctions amongst the four major types of leukemia (AML, ALL, CML, CLL) as well as Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and understand the basic elements of the diagnosis, therapy, and clinical course of at least one form of leukemia and one form of lymphoma.
- Common Solid Tumors: The student will understand the basic elements of the diagnosis, therapy, and clinical course of at least two cancers from the following list: breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer.
| | | Educational Resources | The “Bibles” of the Field
 Hoffman: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice, 4th ed.
Williams Hematology, 7e
DeVita et al. Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7th ed.
(not available to MUSC online, check www.lww.com for more information)
Abeloff: Clinical Oncology, 3rd ed. Online Resources
The following Web sites are good resources for quick reviews of most topics in hematology/oncology; both are available to MUSC on-line:
Up-To-Date
eMedicine
Hematology/Oncology Journals
Blood
Journal of Clinical Oncology
The MUSC Library also has many journals available
Professional Society Web Sites
The Web sites of the principal professional societies in the field often have additional educational and training resources available, including:
American Society of Hematology (ASH): Annually updated Educational Books
American Society of Hematology Image Bank
American Society of Clinical Oncology: Current discussions of major topics
American Association for Cancer Research
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