Exploring Cancer Medicines
University of Leeds via FutureLearn
Overview
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This course will introduce you to the topic of cancer chemotherapy, and how the development of effective medications for the treatment of cancer remains a significant challenge to scientists.
You will research the use and development of cancer medicines, focusing on chemotherapy. In addition, through an exploration of how science is communicated to the general public, you will also look at the skills you need to become an effective science writer.
This course is part of the Going to University collection which has been specifically designed for students at schools and colleges. They provide a taster of undergraduate study at the University of Leeds and help students to decide which subject to study at university.
Taught by
Richard Foster and Paul Taylor
Charts
- #3 in Subjects / Disease & Disorders / Cancer
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Reviews
4.6 rating, based on 14 reviews
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AnonymousVery interesting and well organized, using videos and readings as well as short quizzes and exercises. I only wish it could have been longer and talked more about the various treatments that are in use now, as well as those coming up in the future.
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AnonymousI thourghly enjoyed this quick,fun and enjoyable course. The videos are very engaging and are explained well by the teacher. It is nice and short but does give you a helpful taster into cancer treatment.
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AnonymousI have found the course very informative. It has given me ideas of possible next steps I could take with my career
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AnonymousThe course was fun and I think this course accomplish its goal. Students want to learn more about cancer chemotherapy.
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AnonymousA great course with many open-ended questions for discussion. Certainly makes me curious about cancer medicine.
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Anonymous completed this course.
I am a community health nurse working in a cancer screening program. I know nothing about the cancer drugs that are used for treatment. This course was excellent for providing basics and for pointing me in the right direction and motivating me to learn more. -
Christina Round1
Christina Round is taking this course right now, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
As a cancer patient about to start chemotherapy and targeted therapies I wanted to understand more about the treatments I am about to start. I found it very interesting and pitched about right for what I need to know. -
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Anonymous completed this course.
A good all round overview of cancer and cancer medicines. As an older person, not looking to return to University, I found the course easy to follow, with plenty of additional references, both from the educators and from other students. I would recommend this course, along with the other on-line courses in the series, to anyone hoping to study chemistry, medicine or medicinal chemistry. -
Anonymous
Anonymous completed this course.
It is quite helpful. It's an eye opener to a lot of cancer types, researches and tremendous progress for the possible cure for cancer. It also gives a sigh of relief to those people suffering from cancer and hope of a possible cure for their type of cancer. -
Anonymous
Anonymous completed this course.
This is a very informative course with easy to follow information. It is a good mix of discussion, further research, and them providing the information. Would recommend. -
Anonymous
Anonymous is taking this course right now.
The course makes suitable sense, engaging, informative and compelling. For having concerns in exploring cancers medicine, it's very okay for others like me to take their own benefits as well from this particular course. -
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