New Perspectives in the Treatment of Advanced Skin Cancer: Advanced Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Cancer

Friday, May 30, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Advanced Skin Cancers, Including Basal Cell & Squamous Cell Cancers
• New Treatment Approaches
• Emerging Role of Targeted Therapy
• Clinical Trial Updates
• Managing Treatment Side Effects, Discomfort & Pain
• Tips for Caring for Your Skin During Cancer Treatments
• Sun & Wind Safety Tips
• Communicating with Your Health Care Team About Quality-of-Life Concerns
• The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
• Guidelines to Prepare Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Appointments & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Silvina Pugliese, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Dermatology, Stanford Attending Physician, Stanford Cancer Institute

Ben Switzer, DO, MHSA, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Melanoma & Early Phase Clinical Trials, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, now part of the Mt. Sinai Health System, Author, Researcher in Oncology

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop