CME: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC): Therapeutic updates and optimizing treatment
ACCREDITATION EXPIRED: March 15, 2021
Activity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online, self-learning activity:
The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is on the rise over the past 10 years and roughly 57,000 new cases were reported in 2017 alone. Although the incidence of DTC has increased, the disease has a favorable prognosis with a reported 5-year survival rate of 98.2%. DTC can be categorized into two subcategories: papillary and follicular cancers. Collectively, these two thyroid cancer types account for 95% of all types of thyroid cancers. Diagnosis is typically made by palpating the central neck mass or through imaging studies, with ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy providing confirmation of diagnosis. However, not all cases of DTC require a biopsy, and certain types of DTC require molecular testing to properly classify the type of DTC. Patients with DTC often have genetic mutations, most notably in the MAPK and P13K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathways. The identification of these pathways has attracted considerable attention and research into the development of agents targeting them to inhibit their activity.
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Target Audience:
The following healthcare professionals: medical oncologists, endocrinologists; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists who practice in oncology; and any other healthcare professionals with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with DTC.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by educational grants from Eisai.
This activity is free of charge
Release Date: March 15, 2019 -- Expiration Date: March 15, 2021
Faculty: Beatrice Tendler, MD
Agenda
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Introduction content: cursory refresher and review
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Treatment of DTC
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Learning Objectives
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Recognize factors affecting the diagnosis, staging, and prognosis of patients with DTC.
- Identify present and emerging pharmacotherapeutic treatments for management of unresectable DTC and apply them to patient cases using evidence-based medicine
- Describe how to manage challenges that arise during treatment with approved and investigational medicines for DTC, including adverse effect management, and apply** that knowledge to a patient case
- Describe the challenges associated with DTC treatment, focusing specifically on the risks (e.g., adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, etc.) of the agents used to treat the disease, and apply that information in a patient case
Accreditation
ACCREDITATION FOR THIS COURSE HAS EXPIRED. YOU MAY VIEW THE PROGRAM, BUT CME / CE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND NO CERTIFICATE WILL BE ISSUED.
Faculty Disclosure and Resolution of COI
As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.
Faculty Disclosure:
Beatriz Tendler, M.D., Associate Professor, Endocrine Neoplasia, Clinic UCONN HEALTH, has no relevant financial discloses.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD has no relevant financial discloses.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by educational grants from Eisai
Instructions
- Read the learning objectives above
- Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowledge gained by participating in this CME activity.
- View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
- Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
- Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.
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