1 | General principles of the biology of thoracic cancers |
2 | Aetiology and epidemiology |
3 | Clinical presentations |
4 | Diagnostic procedures |
5 | Imaging |
6 | Diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopic techniques and medical thoracoscopy |
7 | Clinical and pathological staging |
8 | Pathology of intrathoracic tumours |
9 | Prognostic factors/predictive markers |
10 | Principles of thoracic surgery |
11 | Management of surgical complications |
12 | Principles of radiation therapy |
13 | Principles of systemic therapy |
14 | Side-effects of systemic therapy and their management |
15 | Combined-modality treatments |
16 | Management of particular groups of patients |
17 | Treatment evaluation and follow-up |
18 | Supportive care |
19 | Methodologies for clinical practice and research |
20 | Ethics |
21 | Cancer-related immunology |
22 | Quality and economic considerations in lung cancer treatment |