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Workshop

Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

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

Facilitators

Facilitator
Al Benson, MD, FACP, FACCC, FASCO
Professor of Medicine, Associate Director for Cooperative Groups, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Facilitator
Fiyinfolu Balogun, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending Physician, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Facilitator
Diana Bearden, MS, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC
Oncology Dietitian, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Facilitator
Angele Russell
VP of Mission Impact and Partnerships, Colorectal Cancer Alliance
Facilitator
Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FNAP, FAPOS, FAOSW, LCSW-R
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 [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.