Overview

This course is designed to improve your ability to recognise early signs of cancer, and provide evidence-based management for these vulnerable patients.

We will begin by exploring how health inequalities impact cancer and access to care. We will cover a number of general cancers, including those specific to men and women.

The course will conclude with oncology emergencies to avoid the risk of these being missed. Always remembering that behind every guideline is a person, behind every referral is a family, and behind every moment of learning is the chance to make a real difference in people’s lives.

Content

Health inequalities in cancer care; Dealing with the patient who presents with vague symptoms of cancer; Looking at various types of cancers in more details such as:

• Brain cancer
• Thyroid cancer
• Lung cancer
• Male cancers – including prostate and testicular cancer
• Female cancers – including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and vulval cancer
• Oropharyngeal cancer
• Oesophageal cancer
• Barrett’s ulcer
• Gastric cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Bone cancer and sarcoma cancer
• Oncological emergencies

Aims & Outcomes

This course is aimed at improving your diagnostic skills and help you navigate pathways according to the best current practice, it has a great emphasis on good history taking and examination skills to diagnose the different types of cancer.