Introduction to the Program

Improve your knowledge through this program, where you will find the best didactic material with real clinical cases. Learn here about the latest advances in the specialty to be able to provide quality medical care"

Modern medicine leads its professionals to an increasingly demanding qualification, which translates into the well-known oncological or multidisciplinary committees. We are convinced that the challenges of the present and the immediate future in the field of Urologic Oncology require specific training that is only partially covered by the separate specialties, and that a program of these characteristics covers a real and growing need in modern medicine.

The current existence of new molecules in the treatment of prostate cancer opens up a completely new scenario for our patients. Any professional who wants to treat these patients adequately urgently needs to acquire new knowledge in an easy and effective way, since the advent of so much new information will unequivocally overwhelm us. Only those physicians properly specialized in urologic oncology will have the ability to care for their patients properly and will be able to continue on this train that is already unstoppable.

Given this reality, TECH has designed this Postgraduate Certificate that brings the specialist closer to the latest Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring of Penile Cancer. For this purpose, this academic institution has incorporated to the theoretical-practical syllabus, masterclasses given by a guest teacher of great reputation. Thanks to these sessions, the professional who enters this program will receive the most complete update of their knowledge in this area. 

Get trained through the Postgraduate certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring of Penis Cancer”

The Postgraduate certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring of Penis Cancer contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the course are:

  • Development of clinical cases presented by experts in urologic oncology. The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • Latest diagnostic and therapeutic developments on penile cancer
  • An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
  • With a special emphasis on evidence-based medicine and research methodologies in urologic oncology
  • All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Get trained through the Postgraduate certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring of Penis Cancer”

Its teaching staff includes health professionals belonging to the Urology and Oncology field, who bring their work experience to this program, as well as recognized specialists belonging to leading scientific societies.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to prepare in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the physicians must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of Urology and Oncology and with extensive teaching experience.

This course allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program's content as close as possible to the reality of patient care"

Syllabus

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals knowledgeable about the implications of training in daily medical practice in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma, aware of the relevance of current education to be able to act before the patient with urologic oncology pathology with quality teaching through new educational technologies.

This Postgraduate certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring of Penis Cancer contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

Module 1. Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring of Penile Cancer 

1.1. Epidemiology, Etiology, and Risk Factors
1.2. Pathological Anatomy

1.2.1. Premalignant Lesions
1.2.2. Histological Subtypes of Carcinoma of the Penis
1.2.3. TNM
1.2.4. Prognostic Factors
1.2.5. Molecular Biology

1.3. Diagnosis and Staging

1.3.1. Clinical Presentation
1.3.2. Physical Examination
1.3.3. Imaging Tests: Ultrasound; MRI; CT; PET-CT-FDG

1.4. Images of Penile and Urethral Cancer
1.5. Premalignant lesions and anatomical considerations
1.6. Penile Cancer Treatment I: Surgical Treatment of the Primary Tumor

1.6.1. Non-Invasive Superficial Disease: CIS
1.6.2. Invasive Disease Confined to the Glans Penis: Ta/T1a
1.6.3. Invasive Disease: T1b/T2

1.6.3.1. Confined to Corpus Spongiosum
1.6.3.2. Invasion of Corpus Cavernosum

1.6.4. Invasive Urethral Disease: T3
1.6.5. Invasive Disease of Adjacent Structures: T4

1.7. Treatment of Penile Carcinoma II: Lymph Nodes

1.7.1. Daseler's Inguinal Anatomical Zones
1.7.2. General Considerations
1.7.3. Risk Stratification for Nodal Involvement in cN0

1.7.3.1. Monitoring
1.7.3.2. Lymph Node Staging

1.7.4. Modified Lymphadenectomy
1.7.5. Dynamic Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

1.7.5.1. cN1/cN2
1.7.5.2. Radical Inguinal Lymphadenectomy
1.7.5.3. Pelvic Lymphadenectomy

1.7.6. cN3
1.7.7. Controversies in Ilioinguinal Lymphadenectomy

1.8. Penile Cancer Treatment III: Radiotherapy

1.8.1. Indications

1.8.1.1. Ta/T1a
1.8.1.2. T2

1.8.2. Lymph Node Affectation

1.9. Systemic Treatment for Penis Cancer Metastatic Cancer

1.9.1. Adjuvant Chemotherapy
1.9.2. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
1.9.3. Palliative Chemotherapy
1.9.4. Targeted Therapy

1.10. Monitoring

1.10.1. General Aspects
1.10.2. Clinical Guides
1.10.3. Local Recurrence
1.10.4. Regional Recurrence

1.11. Quality of life
1.12. Primary Urethral Carcinoma

A unique, key, and decisive educational experience to boost your professional development”

Postgraduate Certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-Up of Penile Cancer

Penile cancer is a disease that mainly affects men over 60 years of age and can have devastating consequences on the quality of life of patients. Early detection and adequate treatment are essential to improve the prognosis and survival of the patient, which obliges the physician to know the latest advances in this field to enhance their care for the patient. In this context, the Postgraduate Certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-up of Penile Cancer has been developed, designed to update the knowledge in this field of specialists in Oncology and Urology. In this way, you will be able to place yourself at the medical forefront in only 6 weeks and through an excellent 100% online methodology.

Update your medical profile without leaving your home

Do you want to know the latest diagnostic methods, the updated techniques for the surgical treatment of the primary tumor or the avant-garde radiotherapy procedures to deal with penile cancer? You are in luck! Thanks to the Postgraduate Certificate in Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-up of Penile Cancer, you will obtain this knowledge through the best didactic resources of the pedagogical panorama, available in a wide range of multimedia contents to adapt the learning to your academic needs.