After completing these courses, students will be able to:

1.  Understand and apply the basic tenets of cancer etiology 
and prevention to their graduate research, medical practice, or 
public health practice on related topics.

2.  Describe and discuss:
a. Basic principles of environmental cause of cancer including 
biological, physical, chemical, and life-style risk factors;
b. Interactions of gene and environment in the etiology of 
cancer; 
c. Genetic predispositions and genetic susceptibility in cause 
of cancer; 

3.  Understand current strategies in cancer prevention, 
including primary prevention, secondary prevention, 
chemoprevention, and tertiary prevention.

•Introduction and Overview   
•Environmental Causes of Cancer
•Multistages of Carcinogenesis
•Methods in Cancer Etiology and Prevention Research
•Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer Etiology Studies
•Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer Prevention Studies
•Roles of Genetic Predisposition and Genetic Susceptibility in 
Cause of Cancer
•Etiology and Prevention of Cancer Sites: Case studies
•--- Lung Cancer
•--- Breast Cancer
•--- Prostate Cancer
•--- Colorectal Cancer 
•--- Esophageal Cancer
•--- Stomach Cancer
•--- Liver Cancer
•--- Skin Cancer
•--- Cervical Cancer
•Future Directions

This course is intended for graduate students and medical 
students at any level and from any field of study with an 
interest in cancer research.

Students are expected to fully adhere to the UGA Student Honor 
Code: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work 
and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." A Culture 
of Honesty, the University's policy and procedures for handling 
cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at 
www.uga.edu/ovpi.