The course is designed for Ph.D. students. The Cancer Biology course entails a series of lectures and discussion of primary literature in the multiple aspects of cancer. Presentations are by experts in the different molecular and cellular aspects of alterations in cancer cells and the organism’s response. The topics follow a recommended text. The course meets for 2 hours twice weekly, typically by the faculty members who are drawn from the NJMS Cancer Center as well as others in the MBGC program based on their expertise. It is held in NJMS-University Hospital Cancer Center which is accessible from the MSB as well as directly. Students are advised to enroll in 5015Q in block 4 as well as 5020Q in block 3 although either course may be taken independently. Click here for Spring 2023 syllabus.
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