Introduction to Breast Cancer

A wonderful and empowering class taught by experts in the field from a great school of medicine. This course is taught by the professor of surgery at Yale University, School of Medicine. This class is truly a deep introduction to Breast Cancer, that is directed towards a variety of learners — individuals in the health care profession, students in a variety of professions, social workers, and most importantly patients including their friends and family, who want to be part of their loved one’s journey towards breast cancer treatment and increase their awareness about this deadly disease. This class helps patients to make informed decisions and choices during their journey of treatment and beyond, and live a happy and healthy life as a survivor.

In this class you will understand the value of screening for this cancer, how cancer is diagnosed, what do different lab reports mean, different stages and grades of cancer, different lab tests that help the doctors to decide the individual treatment plan. You will learn about a variety of doctors that comprise the medical team —some of those are, radiologists, pathologists, genetic counselors, breast surgeons, plastic surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, cardiac oncologists, dieticians, and so on. The treatment team is largely based on your cancer type and stage. You can also learn about various clinical trials. All these topics are very empowering.

I highly recommend this class to everyone who is interested in learning about the disease that is the second-highest cause of death in women. In this class, you will learn about various aspects of Breast cancer from screening to detection to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship, and much more. Many interviews with experts in various fields are covered by the professor. So, we can learn from the experts in the field and feel empowered when we learn about the most current advances in medical science that can save lives.

Give the gift of education to yourself and others. In this class, we learn from the best and empower ourselves through high-quality educational material that is for everyone touched by breast cancer in some way, so, check out this class for yourself and see if this satisfies your curiosity and much more, that can eventually save lives.

This is one of those — very thoughtful, informative, and empowering classes that I have encountered as a lifelong learner on MOOCs. I like to see millions around the world take this class and there is something for everyone to learn from this class. If you are a lifelong learner, this is a great class for you!