Gut Microbiome, Diet, and Cancer Immunotherapy

August 18, 2021

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Exploration of diet related factors that may affect patient response to anti-cancer immunotherapy.

Target Audience

These courses are intended for Advanced Provider Practioners across multidisciplinary cancer care and other professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the role of the gut microbiome in cancer progression and strategies to exploit it to aid cancer therapy.
  • Explain how diet affects the microbiome and can modulate responses to immunotherapy.
  • Discuss ongoing studies examining the role of the food-gut axis in immunotherapy treatment.

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
07/08/2021
Course expires: 
08/25/2021
Event starts: 
08/18/2021 - 4:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/18/2021 - 5:00pm EDT
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Jennifer Spring, RD, CSO, LDN

Oncology Dietitian
Outpatient Oncology Nutrition Program
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Presenter Disclosure Information

Jennifer Spring, RD, CSO, LDN, has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests as defined by the ACCME.

 

The Greensboro Area Health Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
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