CME: Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treatment: Therapeutic updates, best practices, and barriers to care
ACCREDITATION EXPIRED: February 03, 2023
Activity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online CME self-learning program:
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. While a majority of patients are diagnosed before their disease has metastasized, a fifth of patients have advanced disease at the time of diagnosis. Early detection and screening have been shown to significantly reduce CRC mortality, and screening is widely recommended for average-risk adults beginning at age 50 years, (as well as earlier for individuals at higher risk). Since the mid-1990s, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, American Cancer Society, and other groups have recommended several modalities for screening: fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and barium enema. Recent years have seen the addition of newer screening technologies, including stool DNA, computed tomographic colonography, and capsule endoscopy.
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals including: medical oncologists, primary care physicians, pathologists, gastroenterologists, and managed care medical care directors; physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists specializing in oncology; and other clinicians who are involved in providing diagnostic and therapeutic services for patients with CRC.
This program is supported by educational grants from Merck.
Learners may participate in this activity free of charge.
Release Date: February 03, 2021 -- Expiration Date: February 03, 2023
Faculty: Kurt Melstrom, MD
Agenda
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Learning Objectives
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Recall the role of biomarkers in shaping therapeutic decision-making.
- Describe treatment options presently available for mCRC, including optimal treatment sequencing and adverse effect management, and apply them to patient cases, taking into account patient history and tumor characteristics.
- List emerging treatment options for mCRC, their mechanisms of action, safety, and anticipated place in therapy.
Accreditation
ACCME Activity #201718487
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: Kurt A. Melstrom, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Assistant Clinical Professor, City of Hope, has no relevant financial disclosures.
Disclosure of Peer Reviewer: Daniel I-Hsin Chu, MD, FACS, FASCRS, discloses that he has recieved compensation from federal government research grants.
Disclosure of Peer Reviewer: Farshid Dayyani, MD discloses that he has received compensation from research grants and/or consulting fees from Deciphera, Eisai, Excelis, Ipsen, QED, Signatera, Sirtex, AZD, BMS, Taiho, Merck, Genentech, FIM, Amgen, and Array.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, CEO of ScientiaCME, has no relevant financial disclosures.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by educational grants from Merck.
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.
System Requirements
Windows 7 or above
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Please take a few minutes to participate in the optional pre-test. It will help us measure the knowledge gained by participating in this activity.
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