Clinical Management: Cancer Therapies

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On completing this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Research future advances to cancer screening, diagnosis and management.
  2. Review current treatments and therapies for cancer including preparation and recovery trajectories.
  3. Analyse the physical, emotional, and social impact of the therapies on people living with cancer, and caregivers.
  4. Describe optimal models of care and their application in collaboration with the person living with cancer and the interprofessional team.
  5. Appraise the risks and benefits of selected therapies to inform decision-making.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Murdoch University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MUR-CAN-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

• MUR-NUR504-Foundational Concepts in Cancer Care

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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