Postgraduate education

MAS in medical oncology

General information

The aims of the MAS in medical oncology are the following:

  • to gain the necessary knowledge and the practical know-how in order to exercise an independent activity in all the fields related to medical oncology;
  • to assimilate knowledge within a pluridisciplinary approach while getting acquainted with other disciplines concerned with malignant tumours medicine;
  • to correctly interpret recommendations, publications and scientific reports within the speciality.

On a two semester basis, doctors have the opportunity to choose, among the following rotations, two items that they did not undertake during the years of training in clinical oncology preceding the admission to the MAS:

  • Oncology outpatient clinic
  • Hospital consultations and oncology therapy unit
  • Onco-surgery unit
  • Onco-gynecology unit
  • Clinical neurosciences and dermatology (NEUCLID) consultation (ORL, neurosurgery, bone metastases)
  • Onco-genetic unit
  • Onco-geriatrics (supportive care, palliative care)

Minimum preliminary training

  • 2 years of general medical services

Head of programme

Pr André-Pascal SAPPINO, Head of service

Oncology service
Department of internal medicine - Hôpitaux Universitaires Genevois
Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4 - CH-1211 Genève 14
Tel. +41 22 372 98 76

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