24. Biomedical Engineers and Cancer

Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100)

Professor Saltzman uses cancer diagnosis and treatment as an example to demonstrate the some applications of biomedical engineering technologies and methods. Some issues involved in cancer treatment, such as tumor angiogenesis, radiation sensitivity, drug localization, and cancer stem cells are mentioned. Next, he describes the phases (I-IV), in compliance to guidelines enforced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which a new drug compound must go through to gain approval prior to public distribution/sale. Finally, Professor Saltzman draws attention to the areas that biomedical engineers may contribute to, to improve this process.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Cancer
03:56 - Chapter 2. Cancer Epidemiology and Biology
16:25 - Chapter 3. Detection of Cancer
23:45 - Chapter 4. Cancer Treatment Options
34:46 - Chapter 5. New Drug Developments in Chemotherapy
38:53 - Chapter 6. Technical and Economic Difficulties of Cancer Drug Research

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Spring 2008.