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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to the Biology of Cancer by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying every year from cancer. As people live longer, the
incidence of cancer is rising worldwide and the disease is expected to strike over 20 million people annually by 2030. This open course is
designed for people who would like to develop an understanding of cancer and how it is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. The course
introduces the molecular biology of cancer (oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes) as well as the biologic hallmarks of cancer. The course
also describes the risk factors for the major cancers worldwide, including lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate ...
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Top reviews

DD

Jun 22, 2020

Sensational course !!! It redirected me to the future specialization in pharmacotherapy of antineoplasic. I only have to thank the professionals involved in the teaching of classes and engaging tests.

AR

Sep 3, 2022

Good basic course for begineers, who are from other fields.Covers in detial as basic aspects and do not overwhelm self, by getting into multiple detials.Stick to the curriculum provided and its useful

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By Charandeep J

Nov 18, 2018

Videos could be better, too short and narrated robotically

By Abhi B

Jul 18, 2020

There is a problem with receiving the honors certificate.

By Keith L

Nov 11, 2019

Nice introduction. Statistics could do with an update.

By Deleted A

Jun 23, 2016

I would prefer to see the speaker during the lecture.

By Ivan S

Feb 21, 2019

Too simple for that price. For very beginners.

By Lev R S

May 23, 2017

excellent course for beginners and biologists.

By Esraa M A M n

Sep 6, 2020

it was a good experiment and I learn a lot

By Shivani M

Jul 3, 2018

The lectures can be more interactive

By ARIJIT A M P I ( V

Dec 14, 2020

excellent basics concept of cancer.

By Ijaz A

Apr 16, 2020

realistic and advanced knowledge

By Sufia B

May 30, 2020

good course. i enjoyed so much.

By Nur A A P

May 26, 2020

Neither best nor worst!

By Jade B

Sep 4, 2016

Not done... All 5?

By Sakina S

Aug 16, 2020

very informative

By Ken S

Jun 27, 2021

There are many courses that raise your opinion of an institution. This is to be expected; think about why a university might offer an online class for free. But to my surprise, my opinion of Johns Hopkins went down - way down - as a result of completing this course. Why? "Experts" who couldn't pronounce words ("genome", "radionuclide") used in their own area of expertise. Factually incorrect information, like "both copies of a gene must have a mutation for cancer to occur", which is not true for many genes. Also, a strong tendency to use words, abbreviations, and acronyms that have never been defined, which is not appropriate for an "introduction" to something. I'm not saying there wasn't any good information - there was some - but overall, this class was disappointing.

By Maria L

Mar 19, 2017

Too basic knowledge, not enough information about targeted therapy, everything is explained without going into any details

By A A

Nov 24, 2020

Not engaging at all. Did not enjoy and I don't think I will retain much information due to how it was presented.

By MORAD S A

Apr 15, 2021

thx

By Dr. B

Sep 16, 2016

Hello all. I'm glad I took this course successfully. However, I have some notes. As a 4th year medical student, I see that the information is superficial. I finished the course in around 3 weeks, so medical students wouldn't get so much benefit out of the course. I wanted to learn more details, specially in depth about each type of the 5 cancers from the basics to clinical. Secondly, there was no interaction between the students and the doctor supervising the course in the discussion blogs. Thirdly, I believe that the assessment was too easy. I suggest a 60% passing grade with a more challenging assessment. Finally, this is my personal opinion. I enjoyed the course and I would like to see more improvement in the future.

By Joana F

Aug 6, 2024

It is incredibly boring and basic, and the lectures are so monochordic that it is difficult to follow without falling asleep, it is barely 1st year of University; more appropriate for high schoolers. Expected more from Johns Hopkins

By Yusuf M A

Aug 1, 2020

I don't think its for beginners. I didn't understand a lot of biological terms.

By Hamza k

Dec 27, 2020

please don`t choose it coz it cost a lot of money for their certificates.

By Tehreem H

Mar 17, 2023

My name is not mentioned on this certificate.

By Shravani L

Sep 21, 2020

Iam unable to get my completion certificate

By Ana C

Aug 8, 2022

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