New circumstances in Gynecologic Oncology have pushed us to introduce new educational programs that meet the real needs of experienced professionals, so that they can incorporate new advances into their daily practice"

Gynecologic Oncology has undergone remarkable development in the past few years. Both specialties, gynecology and oncology, face increasingly complex challenges associated with the development of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, as well as technological and informatics innovations and the use of biomaterials and new, much more conservative surgical procedures.

These developments force specialists to constantly update there knowledge and understanding, by studying the available evidence and developing new skills. This allows them to keep up with technological and social changes to improve patient health.

The professional master’s degree in Gynecologic Oncology allows the specialist to access this information in a practical way, without compromising on the science involved, adapting the process to their personal and professional needs.

This professional master’s degree in Gynecologic Oncology contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

This professional master’s degree in Gynecologic Oncology contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Development of more than 80 clinical cases, recorded with POV (Point Of View) systems from different angles, presented by experts in gynecology and other specialities. 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
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures and techniques
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Action protocols and clinical practice guidelines, which cover the most important latest developments in this specialist area
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments.
• With a special emphasis on evidence-based medicine and research methodologies in the surgical process
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This professional master’s degree may be the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Gynecologic Oncology, you will obtain a professional master’s degree from TECH Global University"

The teaching staff comprises a team of renowned health professionals who bring their professional experience to the program, in addition to recognized specialists belonging to leading scientific societies.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program to train in real situations.

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

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge through this professional master’s degree"

mprove your medical-surgical practice in Gynecologic Oncology with this targeted program"

This professional refresher and recertification program is one of the first in the world and achieves the triple objective of updating scientific-technical knowledge (Relearning), updating specialists’ professional skills (Reskilling), and updating professional certificates and accreditations (Recertification).

This refresher program will generate a sense of security in the performance of medical and surgical practice, and will help you grow professionally"

General Objective

• Gain up-to-date, specialist knowledge of the procedures and techniques performed in gynecologic oncology, incorporating the latest advances in the discipline in order to increase the quality of daily medical practice

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Biological Basis of Cancer 

• Recognize and understand the molecular bases of carcinogenesis as well as its development and metastasis production 
• Define the basis of cellular growth regulation
• Understand the role of carcinogens in the formation of genital cancer
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of cancer genetics
• Understand the cellular mechanisms of programed cell death and apoptosis and their relationship and activity with malignant pathology 
• Interpret the mechanisms of cancer production and distant metastatis at a molecular level 
• Identify the origins of genetic alterations that provoke cancer
• Identify the epigenetic changes and oncogenes related with genital tract tumor pathology 
• Explain the mechanisms tumor neoformation in blood vessels
• Recognize respiratory symptomatology, such as that caused by pleural effusion, in the treatment of gynecologic cancer

Module 2. Basis of Chemotherapy Treatment, Adverse Effects and New Therapies

• Identify the essentials for the use of chemotherapy in gynecologic oncology as well as adverse effects and complications 
• Identify the basic factors that are involved in chemotherapy treatment
• Highlight the influence of chemotherapy in the cellular cycle
• Identify the action mechanisms of antineoplastic agents
• Recognize the mechanisms for the resistance of medical treatments in gynecologic cancer
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of toxicity and side effects 
• Review the available antineoplastic drugs and their characteristics
• Identify cases in which patient observation can be used without using adjuvant treatment
• Understand the role of new tests such as positron emission tomography for cervical cancer
• Evaluate the role of tumor markers such as SCC
• Update the role of laparoscopy in the performance of radical hysterectomy and para-aortic staging lymphadenectomy for non-early tumor stages 
• Evaluate the use of medical and surgical therapy in mestastatic, recurrent or persistent illness
• Study and analyze the postoperative care of patients to identify any complications early on 
• Appropriately assess the role of chemotherapy in gestational trophoblastic disease 
• Manage the progression of pelvic tumor disease in the most effective way

Module 3. Endometrial Cancer I 

• Identify the different types of endometrial cancer and perform the appropriate diagnostic and disease extension methods
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the epidemiology etiopathogenesis of endometrial cancer 
• Evaluate patients with a family history of hereditary carcinomas such as Lynch Syndrome
• Understand the diagnostic process for endometrial cancer
• Implement new molecular diagnostic tests for premalignant and malignant endometrial pathology
• Know and apply surgical treatments appropriately in endometrial cancer
• Establish the different uses of the surgical approach both by laparotomy and laparoscopy in endometrial cancer, and update knowledge on the application of robotic surgery in endometrial cancer
• Review adjuvant therapeutic options after primary treatment of endometrial cancer
• Analyze the role of radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy in endometrial cancer
• Understand the applications of hormonal treatment in endometrial cancer

Module 4. Endometrial Cancer II 

• Evaluate the distinct types of patients with endometrial cancer in order to implement the most appropriate treatment in each individual case
• Recognize precancerous endometrial lesions and apply the most appropriate treatment
• List the different histological types of endometrial cancer and the different tumor types
• Recognize and interpret the different imaging tests needed for the diagnosis and staging of endometrial cancer
• Interpret the distinct tumor markers and there use in the possible screening of endometrial cancer
• Classify endometrial pathology by FIGO prognostic classification
• Classify the different high and low-risk endometrial tumors
• Study the new surgical techniques for treating high risk endometrial cancer
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the treatment of some specific endometrial tumors such as the clear cell and serious papillary types 
• Review how to deal with recurring endometrial cancer including surgery, radiotherapy and / or chemotherapy as well as evidence on the follow-up treatment and prognosis of endometrial tumors

Module 5. Cervical Cancer I

• Identify pre-invasive pathologies of the cervix and correctly apply early diagnosis methods 
• Laparoscopic removal of pelvic sentinel lymph node
• Determine the etiology and etiopathogenesis of cervical cancer and its stages of development
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the distant imaging techniques for diagnosing cervical cancer such as magnetic resonance and scanning
• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of the treatment for preinvasive cervical lesions including surgery and immunotherapy
• Identify the role of the sentinel node in cervical cancer and the pelvic sentinel node labeled with indocyanine green
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the use of concurrent and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer
• Compare the characteristics of squamous cell carcinoma and cervical adenocarcinoma

Module 6. Cervical Cancer II 

• Classify and treat cervical cancers in the most appropriate way
• Know the risk factors for contracting the human papillomavirus 
• Review the application of techniques for early diagnosis of cervical cancer and hereditary-familial diseases affecting the cervix
• Evaluate the role of FIGO and TNM classification in cervical cancer and its prognostic role
• Revise the different invasive surgical techniques for cervical cancer, especially the different types of radical hysterectomy with or without nerve preservation 
• Identify the indications of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in cervical cancer
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the invasive cervical adenocarcinoma and adenocarcinoma in situ

Module 7. Ovarian Cancer I 

• Identify patients at risk of ovarian cancer and perform a precise preoperative diagnosis
• Review the epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer
• Review the possibilities of screening by ultrasound and the tumor markers for the early detection of ovarian cancer
• Establish the new criteria for pathological and molecular classification of ovarian cancer
• Evaluate the different clinical manifestations, highlighting the value of ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and scanning in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer
• Analyze the role of tumor serological markers CA125, CA19.9, CEA, HE4 and other rare tumor serological markers in ovarian cancer 
• Specifically analyze the role of complete cytoreduction and its prognostic implications 
• Analyze the role of interval surgery in ovarian cancer and establish the most appropriate adjuvant chemotherapy steps and biological treatments for each case
• Identify the possibilities available for the follow-up of patients with ovarian cancer
• Analyze the controversies on the management of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer

Module 8. Ovarian Cancer II

• Apply the most appropriate surgical or chemotherapy treatment for each case of ovarian cancer
• To evaluate STIC tubal lesions as precursors of ovarian cancer
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on hereditary-familial ovarian cancer and new predisposing genetic mutations
• Indicate the distinct pathological types of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer and relate them to the different diagnostic tests for studying the extension and initial diagnosis of each one
• Classify the different types of ovarian cancer according to the FIGO classification and determine the general surgical procedures of approach
• Evaluate when a patient should preferentially receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
• Analyze the role of radiotherapy and hormone therapy in endometrial cancer
• Review and gain up-to-date knowledge on intraperitoneal chemotherapy treatments and hyperthermic therapy in ovarian and peritoneal cancer

Module 9. Vulvar Cancer I 

• Identify the premalignant pathology in the vulva and apply the appropriate diagnostic techniques in each case
• Interpret normal colposcopic and vulvar examination, and interpret abnormal findings on both colposcopic and vulvoscopic examination
• Describe the etiology of vulva cancer and its relationship to recurrent HPV infection
• Assess the role of possible vulvar cancer screening and hereditary risk factors in pathological alterations
• Describe the different histological types of vulvar cancer and the most efficient tests for diagnosis and extension study
• Review the use of tumor markers in vulvar cancer
• Review the procedure for addressing a primary vulvar lesion
• Update on the management of advanced vulvar cancer, both primary tumor and lymph node chains 
• Evaluate how to deal with a recurrent vulva carcinoma
• Review the follow-up care of vulvar cancer patients for early detection of recurrences 
• Study the characteristics and treatment of tumors of the Bartholin's glands and basal cell carcinomas of the vulva

Module 10. Vulvar Cancer II

• Diagnose Invasive Paget's Disease of the vulva. Assess the most appropriate management for each case of the disease
• Review the etiopathogenesis of precancerous lesions of the vulva and VIN and VAIN lesions
• Review staging of vulvar cancer according to FIGO classification. 
• Review the prevalence, and identify the types, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of non-invasive Paget's disease in the vulvar area
• Relate the clinical manifestations of invasive carcinoma of the vulva to its dissemination routes
• Revise the treatment and handling of the inguinal and pelvic ganglionic chains
• Assess the sentinel lymph node technique for vulvar pathology
• Analyze the role of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced vulvar cancer
• Study the prognosis of the different types of vulva carcinoma. 
• Evaluate the clinical and diagnostic characteristics as well as how to manage melanoma of the vulva
• Review the clinical aspects of verrucous carcinoma of the vulva and the different types of vulvar sarcoma, as well as their characteristics and management

Module 11. Uterine Sarcoma I

• Identify and classify the different anatomopathological forms of uterine sarcoma
• Appropriately manage early and advanced stage sarcomatous pathology of the uterus and adequate assessment of its prognosis
• Revise the epidemiology of a uterine sarcoma
• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of the anatomopathologic characteristics of the different histologic types of uterine sarcoma 
• Evaluate the role of tumor markers in sarcoma of the uterus
• Review the indications and surgical techniques, as well as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, for the treatment of early stage uterine leiomyosarcoma
• Study the prognostic factors in uterine leiomyosarcoma
• Review the treatment and management of the early stages of endometrial stromal sarcoma

Module 12. Uterine Sarcoma II

• Identify and classify the different anatomopathological forms of uterine sarcoma
• Identify the risk factors associated with the development of a uterine sarcoma
• Review the different clinical manifestations of uterine sarcomas and the use of magnetic resonance in the diagnosis procedures 
• Classify the uterine sarcomas accorsing the the internetioanl FIGO classification model
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the management of recurrent or metastatic disease in uterine leiomyosarcoma
• Analyze the management of recurrent endometrial stromal sarcoma
• Study the treatment of a metastatic disease and the prognostic factors of an endometrial stromal sarcoma 
• Review the treatment and management of the early stages of undifferentiated endometrial sarcoma 

Module 13. Fertility Preservation 

• Determine the different fertility preservation techniques in young patients and their oncological implications
• Identify the options for preserving fertility in gynecologic cancer, as well as gamete preservation
• Revise the surgical techniques for preserving fertility in each of the cancers affecting the female genital tract
• Update on the management of pregnant patients with gynecologic cancer 
• Review new options for preserving ovarian tissue
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the current status of uterine transplantation and the most recent results obtained to date

Module 14. Uncommon Gynecologic Tumors

• Identify the different types of less common genital tumors and the corresponding treatment and evolution
• Revise the clinical manifestations and diagnosis of vaginal cancer
• Review the different histological types and classify the different types of vaginal cancer
• Evaluate and create an appropriate diagnostic and management plan for vaginal cancer
• Establish the follow-up plan for vaginal cancer to be able to detect and recurrences
• Identify the prognosis for each type of vaginal cancer
• Review the epidemiology of gestational trophoblastic disease and the clinical features of hydatidiform mole
• Study the clincial characteristic of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
• Appropriately evaluate the different forms of gestational trophoblastic disease with imaging techniques
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the histologic shapes of molar and invasive forms
• Appropriately perform staging of placental invasive disease
• Study the different types of surgical treatment suitable for treating the different forms of molar disease in pregnancy
• Recognize and implement the most appropriate methods for follow-up treatment of molar disease in pregnancy
• Appropriately classify the prognosis of gestational trophoblastic disease
• Identify and assess the different tumors that can metastasize in the female genital tract
• Study the way to deal with metastasized cancers in the genital tract
• Analyze and treat neuroendocrine tumors in the female genital tract 
• Review the way to deal with tumors of the rectovaginal septum, as well as symptomatology associated with gynecological tumors
• Evaluate the pain, the different types and the treatment of these types of tumors
• Assess the presence of ascites in the context of gynecologic tumors in an appropriate way 
• Classify edema and manage it appropriately
• Identify deep vein thrombosis and evaluate the most appropriate anticoagulant treatment for each case 

Module 15. Palliative Care and Nutrition

• Study and understand the basis of palliative care and terminal phase of an oncological illness
• Evaluate the usefulness of PET-CT for the assessment of metabolism in suspected malignant lesions
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of gastrointestinal symptomology
• Identify the distant metastasis and assess how to manage it
• Describe the indications and the surgical technique specific to palliative pelvic exenteration 
• Comprehensive care of a dying patient and learning how to help them in the final phase of the disease
• Study and treat patients with anxiety and depression in a specific way

Take advantage of the opportunity and take the step to get up-to-date on the latest developments in Gynecologic Oncology"