Official Code: | 5196 |
Acronym: | PDMOM |
Description: | The PhD Programme in Molecular Medicine and Oncology is a cycle of studies that leads to the Degree of Doctor of Phylosophy in Medicine in a plan that totalizes 210 credits. |
To review fundamental knowledge on cell cycle (CC) and apoptotic cell death (ACD), as contributors to homeostasis.
To integrate knowledge on CC and ACD disregulation as central to the pathogenesis of malignancies and other disorders. Illustrating examples.
To familiarize, theoretically, with technical procedures used in the study of theses entities.
To set forth scientific problems and methodological strategies to solve them.
To be aware of the current frontiers of knowledge and the potential to go ahead of them. Special attention to the therapeutical implications of this knowledge.
To acquire basic knowledge on the ageing process, particularly its likely causes and intervening mechanisms.
To learn key-concepts of gerontology, historical aspects of the subject, its evolution and the curent frontiers, with the help of internationally recognized scientists.
To set forth scientific problems of the field and methodological strategies to solve them.
To integrate phenotypical changes of ageing with the likely celular and genetic causes.The general aim of the Oncobiology module is integrated in the principal goal of the “Mestrado em Medicina e Oncologia Molecular da FMUP”, directed to the acquisition of the language and the basic concepts of molecular biology and molecular pathology in order to contribute to further understanding of cellular, tissue and organic functioning, with importance for the medical diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics.
The specific aim of this Module is threefold:
- To understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying cancer development;
- To understand the mechanisms of action of the environmental factors that cause cancer and their gene-environmental interactions;
- To understand the role of molecular biomarkers in cancer as tools for prognostic evaluation and targeted therapy.
1 - Distinguish the endocrine abnormalities that may need a molecular evaluation
2 - Recognize the methods that can be used to diagnose diseases