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2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Feb 04, 2026
 
2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
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MSCMP 3710 - CANCER BIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents biochemical and clinical aspects of cancer biology and therapy, designed for graduate students training in the basic sciences or medicine. The lectures cover fundamental topics in cancer biology and pathology, the biology of major cancer types, viral oncogenesis, and an overview of cancer therapeutics including chemotherapy, DNA repair-based therapies, targeted therapies, hormonal therapies, and immunotherapy. This course also covers experimental models and databases used in cancer research and the process of cancer drug development.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis


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