Overview of Cancer Staging - SPOC

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Course Description

In this course, Ted Yanagihara, MD, PhD reviews a fundamental aspect of cancer: cancer staging. We will introduce the methods for how a cancer's stage is determined, review examples from a variety of cancers, show how staging can be used to guide treatment decisions, and point to examples where commonly used staging systems fall short and can even be misleading.

Learning Objectives

  • Explain how cancers are staged.
  • Compare staging criteria between several common cancers.
  • Identify shortcomings and easily overlooked nuances of staging systems.

 

Course Documents

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 ODS Category A
  • 1.25 NCPD/CNE
Course opens: 
06/01/2026
Course expires: 
05/31/2028
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Ted Yanagihara, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Disclosures

Activity Directors
This activity has been planned and implemented under the sole supervision of the Course Director, Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and Emily Ray, MD, of the UNC School of Medicine in association with the UNC Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Dr. Wheeler and Dr. Ray have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME. CPD staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME. The planning committee members and their relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME can be found at https://learn.unclcn.org/content/unclcn-webinar-planning-committee.

ACCME
No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company. The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME.

ANCC
Ted K. Yanagihara, MD, PhD has a relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies Medtronics, Inc in which he receives research support on an ongoing basis and Historonics, Inc. in which he received travel expenses for a conference in June 2026. These relationships have been mitigated.

 

Accreditation Statements

The following accrediting agencies have approved this course for continuing education credits. Participants should understand that their individual participation and claiming credit must abide by the regulations set forth by their respective accrediting agency. No partial credit will be provided.

1.25 NCPD/CNE
UNC Health 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.

Criteria for successful completion to claim CE Certificate requires attendance at the NCPD activity, and submission of an evaluation within 7 days.

1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Statements of credit can be viewed and printed in CPE Monitor in approximately 2 to 3 weeks.

The Eshelman School of Pharmacy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ACPE Credit(s).

1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Statements of credit can be viewed and printed in CPE Monitor in approximately 2 to 3 weeks.

The Eshelman School of Pharmacy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ACPE Credit(s).

1.00 ODS Category A
Approved by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA).

This activity is worth 1 credit hour and is approved by the NCRA.

1.00 ASRT
Approved by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

This activity is worth 1 credit hour and is approved by the ASRT.

 

Notice

In most cases, regulations prohibit the repeated use of the same educational activity (Live Webinar or Self-Paced, Online Course but not both) as it relates to satisfying CE requirements to maintain licensure. Attendees are also required to view a minimum of 53 minutes of the live webinar video to receive CE credit. Please contact your individual accreditation agencies for more details.

Altering or submitting modified certificates constitutes fraud that can result in punitive action by the accrediting agency.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 ODS Category A
  • 1.25 NCPD/CNE
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