| Public health |
| Demonstrate an understanding of case-control and cohort studies with respect to how they are used to study the impact of risk factors on the development of cancer | 77 |
| Diagnosis |
| Identify appropriate diagnostic and treatment referral algorithms for patients with various common cancers | 90 |
| Treatment |
| Demonstrate an understanding of the general principles of how radiation is used to treat cancer and different types of radiation (e.g., external beam, brachytherapy, stereotactic radiation) | 84 |
| Demonstrate an understanding of novel targeted agents which are now used to treat cancer and how they differ from traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy | 90 |
| Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the palliative care physician/team and family physician in the care of cancer patients | 100 |
| Prognosis |
| Demonstrate an understanding that some metastatic cancers are curable | 97 |
| Knowledge of common cancers |
| Demonstrate an understanding of the epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, screening, presentation, diagnosis, staging, basics of treatment, prognosis and follow-up/survivorship care for the most common cancers including: prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and nonmelanoma skin cancer | 87 |