Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Dr. Emily Ray, from the UNC Lineberger Breast Oncology group, will describe relevant updates in systemic therapy for breast cancers for health care providers throughout the state of North Carolina.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
This lecture is an interactive presentation and discussion to consider barriers to cancer clinical trial enrollment in North Carolina and potential approaches to address this. Topics will include the importance of patient and provider engagement, education and resources for identifying research opportunities and available trials, barriers and mitigation strategies to address population disparities in trial enrollment, and other issues.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Dr. Christopher Dittus from the UNC Lineberger Lymphoma group will describe relevant updates in systemic therapy for rare lymphomas for health care providers throughout the state of North Carolina. Additional topical management considerations or recommendations for this patient population may also be presented.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
- 1.00 NCPD/CNE
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Katherine Garman, MD, and Meira Epplein, PhD, will provide information on gastric cancer and important risk factors such as H. pylori infection. We will describe some of the racial disparities associated with gastric cancer in the US, highlighting those that are relevant for North Carolina. We will also discuss H. pylori as a modifiable risk factor and we will review current guidelines on H. pylori testing, treatment, eradication testing, and the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
- 1.00 ODS
- 1.00 NCPD/CNE
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Daniel Richardson, MD, MA, MSc, will explore best practices to approach the care of older adults with leukemia. He will also discuss novel therapeutic options for patients with acute lymphoblastic and acute myeloid leukemia alongside practical considerations to approach shared decision-making.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
- 1.00 ODS
- 1.00 NCPD/CNE
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Marc Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS, gives a contemporary overview of prostate cancer screening with a focus on prostate cancer in men in North Carolina.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
- 1.00 ODS
- 1.00 NCPD/CNE
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Hung-Jui Tan, MD, MSHPM, will review recent practice-changing research and new management recommendations for patients with prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Dr. Benyam Muluneh from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy will discuss relevant topics in cancer pharmacy for North Carolina cancer providers, such as adherence to oral anti-cancer therapies, evolving pharmaceutical practice models (e.g. specialized clinics), toxicity measurement and management, access, and other issues.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
- 1.00 ODS
- 1.00 NCPD/CNE
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Mark Woodcock gives a broad overview of the multidisciplinary approaches for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas in adults, and detailed updates in management with systemic therapies. Specific attention is paid to sarcoma sub-types which may warrant special considerations.
- Research to Practice
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
- 1.00 ODS Category A
- 1.00 NCPD/CNE
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Natalie Grover, MD, will review some of the recent advances in the treatment of lymphoma, including the incorporation of novel targeted agents in the frontline treatment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma, the use of CAR-T cell therapy in second-line treatment in diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and recently approved drugs by the FDA for lymphoma.