The Grand Rounds in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Current Approaches and Future Directions in Chemotherapy lecture program kit contains a multimedia CD-ROM of the presentation as well as all the materials needed to promote and conduct your own Grand Rounds lecture. It may also be used as a home study.
This Web site contains the online program and Speaker Workbook (downloadable PDF); faculty names and affiliations; and CME self-assessment test and evaluation forms for Physicians, accessible by clicking the CME Credit button above. (The self-assessment test and the evaluation form for physicians may also be found in the Speaker Workbook) To request that a Speaker Workbook and CD-ROM be mailed to you, click on the Request Program button above. To access the program online, click the Online Program button. To download a copy of the workbook, click the Speaker Workbook button.
Oncologists
To educate oncologists and increase their awareness of the latest advancements in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
Following completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
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Describe the current chemotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. |
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Understand novel chemotherapeutic agents under development for metastatic breast cancer. |
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Discuss the targeted agents in use and under development for metastatic breast cancer. |
Joanne L. Blum, MD, PhD
Director, Hereditary Cancer Risk Program
Research Site Leader
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Texas Oncology,
PA
Dallas, Texas
Diana E. Lake, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Breast Cancer Medicine Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Joyce A. O'Shaughnessy, MD
Director, Cancer Prevention Program
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Director, Chemoprevention Research Program
US Oncology
Dallas, Texas
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To receive continuing medical education credit, the target audience must: |
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Study the presentation, including the slides and lecture notes. |
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If you are using the Speaker Workbook, the lecture notes are clearly visible below the slides. |
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If you are using the CD or online program, you must download the PowerPoint file, open it, click on View, then select Notes Page to see the lecture notes. To print the lecture notes, click on Print, then select Notes Pages in the Print What box. |
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Relate the content material to the learning objectives. |
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Take the CME self-assessment test on page 44 of the Speaker Workbook, complete the evaluation form on page 45, and return it to New York Medical College as indicated.
The self-assessment questions and evaluation are also downloadable by clicking on the CME Credit button above. |
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The estimated time to complete this activity is 1 hour. Upon successful completion of the above requirements, CME certificates will be mailed within 6 weeks of receipt of the evaluation form.
Release date: November 15, 2007
Expiration: November 15, 2008 |
 This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of New York Medical College (NYMC) and Continuing Education Alliance. NYMC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. NYMC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
We gratefully acknowledge Eisai Inc. for its generous support of this
educational activity.
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