CHEMOTHERAPY

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
4
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2024/2025
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
1
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (8 hours), Seminar (4 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

deepen the basic notions and mechanism of the main classes of antimicrobial antibiotics: - Beta-lactams, other antibiotics active on the bacterial wall, - Aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides, chloramphenicol, other antibiotics active on synthesis protein
- Sulfonamides, trimethoprim, other antimetabolites. Quinolones, other antibiotics active on the bacterial DNA / RNA.
Notions on:
- Antibacterial antibiotics - antiviral drugs - notes on antiprotozoal and anthelmintic drugs.
The mechanisms and methods of action and effectiveness of:
- Cytotoxic anticancer drugs.
- Monoclonal antibodies. Modifiers of biological response.
- Hormonal treatment of neoplasms.

Chemotherapy
1. Beta-lactams, other antibiotics active on the bacterial wall.
2. Aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides, chloramphenicol, other antibiotics active on protein synthesis.
3. Sulfonamides, trimethoprim, other antimetabolites. Quinolones, other antibiotics active on the bacterial DNA / RNA.
4. Anti-mycobacterial antibiotics - antiviral drugs - notes on antiprotozoal and anthelmintic drugs
5. Cytotoxic anticancer drugs.
6. Monoclonal antibodies. Modifiers of biological response.
7. Hormonal treatment of neoplasms.

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