Module Convener: Professor Richard Grose
The course will provide clear understanding of the different types of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that are related to the pathogenesis of cancer. The first section will review the principles of cancer initiation, promotion and progression. The second section will focus on the individual, controllable factors that can affect cancer risk: 1) smoking; 2) body mass index; 3) physical exercise; 4) alcohol consumption; 5) diet (pro-carcinogenic and anti-carcinogenic dietary substances); 6) UV radiation; and 7) vaccination against oncogenic viruses. The third section will focus on principles of cancer screening and the limitations of cancer screening test development . The benefits and harms of current cancer screening tests will be reviewed. The fourth section will review the essential roles of education, motivation, incentivization, and psychosocial environment (mental health, stress, socialization, education, financial status) on compliance with cancer-lowering behaviors of individuals and the larger impact of compliance on the public health, nationally and globally. It will showcase the value of multidisciplinary approaches in achieving the compliance needed to change health outcomes around the world.
Course content is subject to approval.
The purpose of this course is to educate students preparing for careers in medicine, allied health professions and research about the controllable factors that have the greatest potential for lowering cancer risk in all patients, no matter what their genetic background. The module reviews the scientific evidence on non-heritable factors that modulate cancer risk in populations and individuals as well as their mechanisms of action. The module further explores the principles of human psychology that play roles in abetting or compromising patient compliance with the risk-lowering behaviors that are the focus of this module. Ultimately, through this new knowledge, the module aims to empower the students to reinforce cancer risk-lowering behavior.
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The Queen Mary Summer School costs: £2,100 per session, which includes tuition and social programme.
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Accommodation
The cost of accommodation is £1029 per session. For further information, please visit our accommodation page.
Additional costs and course excursions
There may be additional costs for field trips, such as entry to exhibitions, which will be in the region of £30.All reading material will be provided online, so it is not necessary to purchase any books.
Please note there is no deposit payment required for the Queen Mary Summer School.
We welcome Summer School students from around the world. We accept a range of qualifications:
We welcome international qualifications and we consider every application individually on its academic merit.
All of our courses are taught and assessed in English. If English isn’t your first language, you must meet one of the following English Language requirements in order to join the Queen Mary Summer School:
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