Radiation Oncology – A Comprehensive Review 2018

Radiation Oncology – A Comprehensive Review 2018

Oakstone Clinical Update (SA-CME)

Explore Key Topics

Featuring experts in the practice of Radiation Oncology, this CME program focuses on core concepts and emerging trends. Radiation Oncology – A Comprehensive Review includes case-based lectures on topics like proton radiation therapy in adults, radiation therapy for prostate cancer, spine stereotactic body radiation therapy, soft tissue sarcomas, skin cancer, and more. It will help you to better:

• Recognize the importance of clinical evaluation of cancer patients during various treatment phases
• Outline effective curative and palliative treatment goals
• Explain the potential outcomes of combining immunotherapy and radiation therapy
• Discuss the efficacy of stereotactic body radiation for spinal tumors
• Evaluate and overcome challenges encountered in radiation oncology

Expand Your Skills

Available online or via audio MP3 CDs, Radiation Oncology – A Comprehensive Review provides a maximum of 29 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 29 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: November 15, 2018

Date Credits Expire: November 15, 2021

Estimated time to complete: 29 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Define the initial clinical evaluation of a cancer patient – using the physical exam, history, relevant diagnostic studies, and communication with the referring and other physicians involved
• Formulate effective curative and palliative treatment goals
• Describe and manage informed consent
• Organize patient education
• Apply treatment planning
• Use clinically appropriate treatment aids
• Formulate appropriate dosages
• Discuss effective delivery of treatment
• Perform patient evaluation during treatment
• Perform follow-up evaluation of the patient
• Describe the potential outcomes of combination therapy of radiotherapy and immunotherapy
• Discuss the efficacy of stereotactic body radiation for spinal tumors

Intended Audience

The activity was planned for Radiation Oncologists in practice, Radiation Oncology Residents and Fellows.

Topics/Speaker:

• Newer Modalities: Proton Radiation Therapy in Adults – Thomas F. Delaney, MD

• New Modalities: Thermal Therapies and Nanotechnology – Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, FASTRO

• Imaging Applications in Radiation Therapy – Fang-Fang Yin, PhD

• Practical Radiotherapy Management of Brain Metastases – Scott Floyd, MD

• Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Adult Primary Brain Tumors – John P. Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD

• Head and Neck Tumors: Trials and PET-CT – David S. Yoo, MD, PhD

• Head and Neck Tumors: HPV, Postop, Planning, Progression, Palliation – David S. Yoo, MD, PhD

• Thoracic Tumors: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – Joseph K. Salama, MD

• Thoracic Tumors: Small Cell Lung Cancer and Pleural Mesothelioma – Christopher R. Kelsey, MD

• Radiation Therapy for Upper GI Malignancies – Christopher G. Willett, MD

• Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases and Hepatocellular Carcinoma – Brian G. Czito, MD

• Lower Gastrointestinal Tumors: Colon, Rectum, Anus – Manisha Palta, MD

• Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer – W. Robert Lee, MD, MS, MEd, FASTRO

• Treatment for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer – Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH

• Evidence Based Management of Testicular, Renal, and Penile Cancers – Jason A. Efstathiou, MD, Dphil

• Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer: Decision-Making after Mastectomy and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy – Janet K. Horton, MD

• Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer: Decision-Making After Breast Conservation – Rachel C. Blitzblau, MD, PhD

• Soft Tissue Sarcomas – David G. Kirsch, MD, PhD

• Lymphomas: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma – Andrea K. Ng, MD, MPH

• Hematologic Malignancies Hodgkin Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Neoplasms – Christopher R. Kelsey, MD

• Gynecologic Tumors: Cervix and Vagina – Akila N. Viswanathan, MD, MPH

• Gynecologic Tumors: Uterus and Vulva – Junzo P. Chino, MD

• The Experimental and Historical Development of Total Body Irradiation for Bone Marrow Transplantation – Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA

• Pediatric Malignancies I – CNS Tumors – Torunn Yock, MD, MCH

• Pediatric Malignancies II – Non-CNS Tumors – Torunn Yock, MD, MCH

• Skin Cancer – Paul M. Busse, MD, PhD

• Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy – Yvonne Mowery, MD

• Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy – Jordan Torok, MD

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