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Workshop

Current Perspectives on the Future of Cancer Research
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Event Date

Thursday, June 05, 2025

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET

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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Daiichi Sankyo and made possible through an independent grant from Merck & Co., Inc. CancerCare’s application for continuing education credits for this program is supported by the Diana Napoli Fund.
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Topics Covered
  • Understanding the Future of Cancer Research & Clinical Trials
  • Increased Focus on Earlier Detection & Treatment of Cancer
  • Health Care Disparities Research
  • Enhanced Knowledge of the Molecular Portrait of Cancer
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven Approaches for Diagnosis & Treatment of Cancer
  • Microsatellite Instability (MSI): Mutations in DNA Mismatch Repair Genes – Implications for Treatment
  • Immunotherapy
  • CAR T-Cell Therapy
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors & Blockade
  • Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Cancer Treatment Vaccines
  • Immune System Modulators
  • Targeted Immunotherapies
  • Radiopharmaceutical Therapy (RPT)
  • Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs)
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Additional Focus on Lifestyle, Exercise, Nutrition & Hydration
  • Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
  • Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Facilitators
Facilitator
Michael Wong, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Physician in Chief, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Facilitator
Sara Jaramillo, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Insights and Call Center Program Manager, CancerCare
Facilitator
Michael Offin, MD
Assistant Attending, Thoracic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Facilitator
Aparna Kalyan, MBBS
Associate Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Surgery (Organ Transplantation), Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Facilitator
Joshua Fein, MD
Fellow, Hematology & Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine - NewYork-Presbyterian
Facilitator
Jeffrey Bruce, MD, FACS
Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery, Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, Director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory, Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center
Facilitator
Susan Slovin, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill College of Cornell University
Facilitator
James Janopaul-Naylor, MD
Radiation Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Facilitator
Shaunak Pandya, MD
Hematology-Oncology and Integrative Medicine in Hematology Oncology (IMHO) Fellow, University of Arizona – Tucson
Facilitator
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 1.25 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 1.25 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 1.25 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.