Come meet the hero that would never be an Avenger!

Teaching Med students the side effects of chemo drugs

 

Meet Captain Chemo-tox! The guy who’ll probably never be an Avenger.

Superpower? Crazy suit and costume that shows us the side effects of chemo drugs!

Ears – Cisplatin/Carboplatin (Acoustic nerve damage)
Arms, legs – Vincristine (Peripheral neuropathy)
Lungs – Bleomycin, Busulfan –> Pulmonary fibrosis
Heart – Doxorubicin, Trastuzumab (Cardiotoxicity)
Kidneys – Cisplatin/Carboplatin (nephrotoxicity)
Bladder – Cyclophosphamide (hemorrhagic cystitis)
Bone – 5-FU, 6-MP, Methotrexate (myelosuppression)

Thank you… Captain? You made my life just that little bit easier… hmm

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Onco 4 – Genetics of Colorectal Cancers

Colorectal cancer sequence – adapted from Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease 9th ed

Find out the genetic component of the pathogenesis of colorectal cancers

Onco 3 – Familial Neoplasms – Cancers that run in the family

Learn what you need to know about cancers with a familial link!

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Cancer 2 – Understanding Staging of Cancers

Come join us as we talk through what determines the stage of a cancer. Sometimes the size really doesn’t matter! Who knew!

Cancer 1 – The basics you can’t miss

You know we love to get the basics down pat. We’ve compiled some information that you MUST know about before you learn about the area of oncology.

Key Subject Resources

RESOURCES FOR KEY SUBJECT AREAS

CARDIOLOGY

• Cardiovascular System at a Glance – Aaronson
• Cardiovascular Physiology – Mohrman (Textbook)
• Pathophysiology of the Heart – Lilly (Textbook)

HAEMATOLOGY

• Essential Haematology – Hoffbrand
• Haematology at a Glance – Hoffbrand

NEUROLOGY

• Clinical Neurology: a primer – Gates (Textbook)
• Eye Simulator
• Neuroanatomy – an illustrated colour text – Crossman (Textbook)
• Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases – Blumenfeld (Textbook)

ONCOLOGY

• Clinical Oncology for Medical Students 
• Oxford Handbook of Oncology (Textbook)

PAEDIATRICS 

• Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics – Lissauer (Textbook)
• Paediatrics at a Glance (Textbook)
• Practical Paediatrics (Textbook)

POPULATION HEALTH

• Essential Epidemiology – Webb (Textbook)

RESPIRATORY

• Respiratory at a glance – Ward (Textbook)
• Respiratory Physiology- The Essentials – West (Textbook)

SURGERY 

• An Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Surgical Disease  (Textbook)
• Essential Surgery: Problems, Diagnosis and Management (Textbook)

 

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