Instructor


 

   Prof. 

   Sehija Dizdarevic


Pharm.D. at Medical faculty, University of Montenegro. Enthusiastic researcher with prior hands-on laboratory experience during national and international internships. Excellent information and time management, adept at synthesizing data and presentations. Research interests: Immunotherapy, Cancers, Medical biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.


Course Description


Over 7 million people around the world are dying from cancer every year. Everyone has been or will be touched by cancer in some way during their lifetime. Over the last few decades researchers have focused their work on immunotherapy, as a new approach for treating different kinds of cancers. Immunotherapy is rapidly changing the ways how we treat cancer and is bringing hope to cancer patients. New medications and novel treatments modalities are constantly evolving, thanks to the ongoing research efforts.

In this course, we will describe the basic principles of immunotherapy and the way our immune system protects us from developing cancers. The Basics of Cancer Immunotherapy course is recommended for students of health sciences and for any other individual who aims to learn more about our immune system. 


Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, student will be able to:

  • Understand the role of immune system in our body.
  • Describe the different types of immunotherapy.
  • Make difference between immunotherapies used for treating specific type of cancer
  • Understand and discuss the approved immunotherapies in oncology.



Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

  • 2

    Week 1: Immune system

    • 1. Reading part

    • 2. What is immune system?

    • 3. Innate immunity

    • 4. Adaptive immunity

    • 5. Antigen presentation to lymphocytes

    • 6. Organs and Tissues of the immune system

    • 7. Immune response against tumors

    • End of Week 1

    • Quiz 1
  • 3

    Week 2: Cancer

    • 1. Reading part

    • 2. Introduction to cancers

    • 3. Types of cancer

    • 4. Metastatic cancer

    • 5. Cancer Treatments

    • End of Week 2

    • Quiz 2
  • 4

    Week 3: Interaction between immune system and cancers

    • 1. Reading Part

    • 2. How does immune system protect us from cancers?

    • 3. Why does immune system fail to control cancer cells?

    • 4. Mechanisms used by tumor cells to escape immune attack

    • 5. Strategies to harness the immune system to fight cancer cells

    • End of Week 3

    • Quiz 3
  • 5

    Week 4: Immunotherapy

    • 1. Reading part

    • 2. Overview of immunotherapy

    • 3. Available immunotherapies

    • End of Week 4

    • Quiz 4
  • 6

    Week 5: Approved immunotherapies for specific type of cancer

    • 1. Reading part

    • 2. Melanoma immunotherapy

    • 3. Lung cancer

    • 4. Genitourinary cancers

    • 5. Lymphoma

    • 6. Breast cancer

    • 7. Gastrointestinal cancers

    • 8. Head and neck cancers

    • End of Week 5

    • Quiz 5
  • 7

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion
  • 8

    References

    • References
  • 9

    Final Exam

    • Final Exam
  • 10

    Additional questions for Certificate with honours

    • Additional Questions for Honours Certificate