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The Module Goal

Users of this module will gain a basic and useful knowledge of cancer as a disease in humans.

Module Level Instructional Objectives

After completing the content of the module, the users of the module will be able to:

  1. relate the history of cancer;
  2. define the term "cancer";
  3. describe two methods of categorizing cancer;
  4. name some of the known cancer risk factors;
  5. name some examples of cancer types;
  6. relate how cancer is diagnosed; and
  7. cite cancer facts and statistics.
Unit One: Cancer: A Historic Perspective
Unit Goal

Users will learn a brief historical background about cancer as a disease in humans.

Objectives

After completing this unit, users will be able to:

  1. Describe how cancer was first recorded in ancient Egypt; and
  2. understand how people have come to learn about cancer at different historical periods.
Unit Two: What Is Cancer?

Unit Goal

Users will learn and understand the definition of "cancer".

Objectives

After completing this unit, users will be able to:

  1. define what cancer is;
  2. be familiar with the common terms related to cancer; and
  3. name some of the known cancer risk factors.
Unit Three: Categories of Cancer

Unit Goal

Users will learn how different cancer types are categorized.

Objectives

After completing this unit, users will be able to:

  1. name the five major categories of cancer based on histological characteristics; and
  2. name some of the major types of cancer based on their primary sites.
Unit Four: Cancer Diagnosis

Unit Goal

Users will learn how cancer is diagnosed in humans.

Objectives

After completing this unit, users will be able to:

  1. describe what constitutes an established diagnosis of cancer; and
  2. explain the procedures of staging and grade assignment.
Unit Five: Cancer Facts and the "War on Cancer"

Unit Goal

Users will learn some of the sobering and alarming facts about cancer.

Objectives

After completing this unit, the users will be able to:

  1. cite some key facts about cancer: annual cancer incidence, annual mortality rates, top cancer killers, cancer statistics in terms of gender and age, and cancer-related costs.

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