Today I will be posting the syllabus of Week 6 of the Thoracic Oncology Course [Link is to the complete course syllabus] from The University Of Michigan via Coursera.
As I finish each of Week 6’s videos, I’ll list the video below.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the two most common esophageal cancer histologies
- Recognize the steps in the evolution of esophageal cancer from normal mucosa
- List the risk factors for esophageal cancer
- Recognize the typical clinical presentation for patients with esophageal cancer
- Describe the typical staging modalities
- Identify the importance of testing for HER2 status in tumor tissue
- Recognize the principle elements of TNM staging for esophageal cancer
- Distinguish the possible variations and rationale for combining the 3 modalities of treatment for local/regional esophageal cancer
- Define goals of care for patient with metastatic esophageal cancer
- Recognize palliative interventions for dysphagia and poor nutritional status
- Identify possible palliative chemotherapy regimens
- Identify approved targeted therapies for esophageal cancer
- Recognize the role of CT in staging of esophageal cancer
- Describe the limitations of CT
- Describe typical FDG PET/CT findings of the primary tumor, regional and distant metastases
- Compare indications and test performance of FDG-PET/CT for staging and restaging with anatomical imaging (CT and EUS)
- Define the different types of esophagectomy
- Recognize differences in long term outcomes between transthoracic and transhiatal approaches to esophagectomy
- Compare the current operations for esophageal carcinoma
Lessons
Video: Esophageal Cancer – Epidemiology and Risk Factors 12 min
Video: Esophageal Cancer – Clinical Presentation and Staging 10 min
Video: Esophageal Cancer – Treatment of Local/Regional Disease 13 min
Video: CT Imaging of Esophageal Cancer 7 min
Video: PET Imaging of Esophageal Cancer 13 min
Video: Endoscopic T/N Staging and Management of Early Stage Esophageal Cancer – Part 1 11 min
Video: Endoscopic T/N Staging and Management of Early Stage Esophageal Cancer – Part 2 21 min
Video: Endoscopic T/N Staging and Management of Early Stage Esophageal Cancer – Part 3 18 min
Video: Endoscopic T/N Staging and Management of Early Stage Esophageal Cancer – Part 4 9 min
Video: Palliative Endoscopic Management of Dysphagia – Part 1 17 min
