Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
Event Date
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Presented in Collaboration with:
- Colorectal Cancer Alliance
- Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO)
- American Cancer Society
- American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Association for Molecular Pathology
- Black Womens Health Imperative
- Cancer Justice
- Caregiver Action Network
- Intercultural Cancer Council
- Joe's House
- The LGBT Cancer Project
- National Center for Frontier Communities
- Cancer Nation
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) NCCN Guidelines for Patients
- NeedyMeds
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- Redes en Acción The National Latino Cancer Research Network
- Research Advocacy Network
- Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation
- Fight Colorectal Cancer
This activity is supported by Taiho Oncology Inc. and Takeda Oncology. CancerCare’s application for continuing education credits for this program is supported by the Diana Napoli Fund.
Topics Covered
- Overview of Colorectal Cancer
- Current Standard of Care
- The Increasing Number of Younger People Being Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer
- New Treatment Approaches
- Predicting Response to Treatment
- Staging & Biomarker Testing
- The Role of Targeted Cancer Therapies
- Clinical Trial Updates: How Research Contributes to Treatment Options
- Preventing & Managing Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
- Nutrition & Hydration Concerns & Tips
- Communicating with Your Health Care Team About Quality-of-Life Concerns & Follow-Up Appointments
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
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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 [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.