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Introduction to Cancer Screening and the role of medical officers in the nations’ cancer screening program | 1. Orientation (2:30 to 3:00 pm) 2. Burden of cancer in India: Prevalence, incidence and mortality of cancer 3. Causes of cancer 4. Risk factors of cancer 5. What is screening? Types of screening 6. Risks and benefits of screening 7. Introdcution to cancer screening in India |
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Methods of cervical cancer Screening and their advantage and disadvantages, Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines in India and the rationale behind it (age, frequency, when to start, when to stop etc.) | 1. Burden and natural history of cervical cancer 2. Causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms of cervical cancer 3. Anatomy & physiology of transformation zone and squamous columnar junction 4. Cervical screening tests and their pros and cons 5. When to begin screening? For whom? 5. Optimal screening intervals 6. When to stop screening? 7. Impact of HPV vaccination on future screening 8. Operational Guidelines of MoHFW, India for cervical cancer screening |
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Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) & its Evaluation | 1. Brief Anatomy & Physiology of transformation Zone 2. Principle of VIA 3. Brief Step-by-step procedure of VIA with video, including the preparation of 5% acetic acid 4. Interpretations of VIA in brief 5. Briefly discuss the advantages and limitations of VIA |
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Treatment of CIN and Screen Positives | 1. Types of ablative therapies (cryo & thermocoagulation,inluding videos) 2. Eligibility 3. Contraindications 4. Complications 5. Follow up 6. Types of excisional methods 7. Eligibility criteria for treatment with excisional methods 8. Follow up |
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Case Scenarios in Cervical Cancer Screening and Management | Various cases pertaining to precancerous and cancerous cervical lesions will be discussed here. (VIA +ve, VIA -ve, Screen-and-treat cases) | |
Introduction to Breast Cancer Screening, SBA & CBE | 1. Burden of breast cancer 2. Causes of breast cancer 3. Risk factors 4. Symptoms and signs of breast cancer 5. Screening methods 6. Operational guidelines of MoHFW, India for breast cancer screening 7. Role of follow up and referral in reducing the burden of cancer |
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Triple Assessment for Breast Cancer Screening | 1. Types of diagnostic modalities available for breast cancer screening (triple assessment) 2. Ultrasound: eligibility, advantages and limitations 3. Mammography: eligibility, advantages and limitations 4. MRI: eligibility, advantages and limitations 5. FNAC/ Biopsy |
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Case scenarios pertaining to breast cancer screening | Various cases pertaining to premalignant and malignant breast lesions will be discussed here. | |
Introduction to Oral Cancer Screening and its risk factors | 1. Burden of Oral cancer 2. Prevalence, incidence and mortality of oral cancer 3. Causes, signs and symptoms, Risk factors 4. Role of tobacco in oral cancer 5. Common sites of oral cancer |
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Common abnormalities of the oral cavity | 1. To learn the clinical features and pathophysiology of OPMDs 2. Various diagnostic menthod 3. To study the histopathological feature of different OPMDs. 4. To know about the malignant potential of each OPMD |
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Tobacco Cessation: Counseling and follow up | 1. Nicotine Replacement Therapy Gums, Patches, Lozenges, Others: Nasal Spray,Inhalers 2. Non-Nicotine therapy Bupropion, Varenicline, Others: Nortriptyline, Clonidine etc. 3. Target population 4. Program design 5. Infrastructural requirements 6. Budget 7. Capacity building 8. Background 9. Importance of m-Health in population-based tobacco cessation 10. Evidence of efficacy of m-Health in tobacco cessation 11. Importance of m-Health in tobacco cessation training” |
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Infection Control | 1. Disinfection of equipment 2. Preparation of disinfectants or 0.5% hypocholorite solution 3. Sterilization of of cancer screening equipment and disposal of used items |
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Documenting Cancer Screening Results | 1. The various fields in the proforma for cancer screening 2. who fills it, how often 3. what is the rationale and purpose behind each field |
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MO as Team Leader at the Health Facility | 1. Role of medical officer in population based cancer screening at the PHC 2. how to lead the screening team in the population based cancer screening |