PATHOLOGY 294 – Basis Concepts in Oncology
Spring Quarter 2008

LOCATION: 63-105 CHS
TIME & DAYS: 4:00 – 4:50 PM – MWF
COURSE CHAIRS: Dr. Oliver Hankinson and Dr. Kathleen Sakamoto

 

  Date Title Lecturer Files
 
 
March 31 The Cancer Problem Drs. Oliver Hankinson/Kathleen Sakamoto Sakamoto_Cancer_Problem
hankinson_intro_lecture_2008(word)
Hankinson_intro_lecture_2008(PowerPoint)
 
 
April 2 Ubiquitination and Cancer Dr. Frank Pajonk Ubiquitin & Cancer
 
 
April 4 Radiation Carcinogenesis Dr. William McBride Lecture (PowerPoint)
 
 
April 7 Cell Adhesion and Cancer Dr. David Dawson Paper 1

Power Point


Relevant textbook chapter: 
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Chapter 14 -- Moving Out: Invasion and Metastasis, p587-653
 
 
April 9 Tumor Invasion and Metastasis Dr. David Dawson refer to April 7 review article and PowerPoint slides above

Relevant textbook chapter: 
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Chapter 14 -- Moving Out: Invasion and Metastasis, p587-653
 
 
April 11 Tumor Markers in Chemoprevention Dr. Jian Yu Rao Progress in Chemoprevention Drug Development:

PowerPoint
 
 
April 14 DNA Repair and Cancer Dr. Robert Schiestl
Power Point


Lecture
 
 
April 16 Chemical Carcinogenesis I Dr. Oliver Hankinson
Power Point


Lecture Notes

Relevant textbook pages: 
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Pages:  43-55, 399-409, 435-453, 479-490

reference article
 
 
April 18 Chemical Carcinogenesis II Dr. Oliver Hankinson Refer to April 16th PowerPoint slides, lecture notes, relevant textbook pages, and reference article above. 
 
 
April 21 Chromosomes and Cancer Dr. Nagesh Rao
Lecture


Relevant textbook chapter:
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Chapter 1 – pages 7-15
Chapter 4 – pages 107-115
Chapter 7 – pages 213-226
Chapter 12 – pages 510-526
 
 
April 23 Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Dr. Roshan Bastani
Kem Review Article

Paper 1

Paper 2

Paper 3

Paper 4

Paper 5
 
 
April 25 Microarray Analysis and Cancer Dr. Xinmin Li
Review Article

Lecture Slides

Relevant textbook chapter:
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Chapter 1.7 – pages 19-21  

 
 
April 28 Non-coding RNA/MicroRNA and Cancer Dr. Xinmin Li
Review Article

Lecture Slides

Relevant textbook chapter:
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Chapter 1.7 – pages 19-21  
 
 
April 30 Epigenetics and Cancer Dr. Siavash Kurdistani
Lecture

Lecture

Paper 1

Paper 2

 
 
May 2 Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Dr. Samuel French
Review Article

Lecture

Relevant textbook pages:
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Pages: 189-191, 308-314, 317-318, and 381-386
 
 
May 5 Targeted Therapy for Leukemia Dr. Kathy Sakamoto
Review 1

Review 2

Review 3

Review 4

Lecture Slides

Relevant textbook pages:
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Pages: 82-84, 469

 
 
May 7 Viral Carcinogenesis Dr. Ren Sun
Lecture Slides

Review Paper

 
 
May 9 Lymphomas and Targeted Therapies Dr. John Timmerman  

Review Article

Lecture Outline

Lecture Slides

 
 
May 12 FDA and Clinical Trials Dr. Ted Moore Lecture Slides
 
 
May 14 Telomerase and Cancer Dr. Rita Effros
Lecture Slides


Review Article

 
 
May 16 Brain Tumors and Therapy Dr. Joe Lasky
Lecture Notes

Review Article 1

Review Article 2

Review Article 3

Relevant textbook chapters:
Weinberg’s Biology of Cancer
Sections 6.10, 6.12, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.9, 8.11, 9.15
Chapter 16

 
 
May 19 The Herceptin Story Dr. Rich Finn Lecture Slides
 
 
May 21 Molecular Imaging in Cancer Dr. Anna Wu  
 
 
May 23 Prostate Cancer and Targeted Therapies Dr. Matt Rettig  
 
 
May 26 MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED  
 
 
May 28 Immunotherapy and Melanoma Dr. Tony Ribas  
 
 
May 30 Diet and Cancer Dr. Susanne Henning  
 
 
June 2 Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel LN Biopsies as a Translational Advance in Cancer Dr. Alistair Cochran  
 
 
June 4 Developing New Targeted Therapies for Lung Cancer Dr. Steven Dubinett  
 
 
June 6 Cancer Stem Cells Dr. Hanna Mikkola