Continuing Medical Education
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Adult Glioblastoma: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities - Free Online CME/CE
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Continuing Medical Education Series at MultiCare Regional Cancer Center - Ovarian & Breast Cancer
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Continuing Medical Education Series at MultiCare Regional Cancer Center - End of Life Care
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Solid Tumor Oncology: Personalized Medicine and Targeted Cancer Thearpy
Adult Glioblastoma: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities - Free Online CME/CE
This virtual lecture is accredited for physicians, pharmacists, and registered nurses, derived from materials originally presented at 20 national cancer centers between April 2008 and January 2009.
The program features Marc Chamberlain, MD, neuro-oncologist from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. This CME/CE activity is intended to assist clinicians in understanding how to treat and manage adult patients with glioblastoma. CME/CE credit is available until September 30, 2009.
Jointly sponsored by Robert Michael Educational Institute, LLC and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and supported by an educational grant from Schering-Plough.
For more information or to participate in the virtual lecture, visit http://cme.medscape.com/viewprogram/17259.
Continuing Medical Education Series at MultiCare Regional Cancer Center
Multicare Regional Cancer presents the first of a four-part course which will cover select oncology topics. Course chairs will give an overview and update on Ovarian and Breast Cancer. Risk factors for and screening of specific cancers will be identified, basic biologic principles of specific cancers will be discussed as well as covering clinical problems and the major directions in further research.
Topic: Ovarian and Breast Cancer
Speakers: Drs. Barbara Goff and Julie Gralow
Date: October 15
Time: 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Location: Jackson Hall Auditorium
Registration: Contact BJ Berry at (253) 403-2551 or beverly.berry@multicare.org
Pediatric Moving Beyond Cancer to Wellness 2008 Symposium
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program and Seattle Children’s will host its first annual pediatric Moving Beyond Cancer to Wellness educational event.
Keynote Speakers: Heidi Adams, founder of Planet Cancer, and Jake Seliger, graduate student, osteosarcoma survivor. Breakout sessions will be led by experts in the fields of nutrition, complementary and alternative medicine, exercise, relationships and dating, insurance rights, emotional adaptation, and late effects from cancer treatment.
Date: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, 8 a.m. registration; Event 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Seattle Children’s
Registration: FREE and open to the public; however, space is limited and registration is required. To register, call (206) 667-5262 or e-mail survivor@fhcrc.org. Free parking on the day of the event will be available in the Giraffe and Whale parking lots.
Continuing Medical Education Series at MultiCare Regional Cancer Center
Multicare Regional Cancer presents the first of a four-part course which will cover select oncology topics. Course chairs will give an overview and update on Lung Cancer Screening & Prevention and Tobacco Use. Risk factors for and screening of specific cancers will be identified, basic biologic principles of specific cancers will be discussed as well as covering clinical problems and the major directions in further research.
Topic: Lung Cancer Screening & Prevention and Tobacco Use
Speakers: Drs. Jason Chien and Abigail Halperin
Date: October 29
Time: 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Location: Jackson Hall Auditorium
Registration: Contact BJ Berry at (253) 403-2551 or beverly.berry@multicare.org
Continuing Medical Education Series at MultiCare Regional Cancer Center
Multicare Regional Cancer presents the first of a four-part course which will cover select oncology topics. Course chairs will give an overview and update on End of Life Care for Cancer Patients. Risk factors for and screening of specific cancers will be identified, basic biologic principles of specific cancers will be discussed as well as covering clinical problems and the major directions in further research.
Topic: End of Life Care for Cancer Patients
Speakers: Dr. Stu Farber
Date: November 12
Time: 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Location: Allenmore Doctors’ Dining Room
Registration: Contact BJ Berry at (253) 403-2551 or beverly.berry@multicare.org
Solid Tumor Oncology: Personalized Medicine and Targeted Cancer Thearpy
Designed for medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists as well as ancillary health-care professionals involved in solid tumor research and care, or those interested in learning and discussing the latest findings in solid tumor medicine. This conference is an indepth,
cross-disciplinary review in which leading experts will present the latest updates and clinical recommendations in solid tumor diagnosis, treatment, and care.
Date: Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26 and 27, 2009
Location: Bell Harbor Conference Center, Seattle
Information: Ksenia Koon at kkoon@seattlecca.org or (206) 288-6969
Challenges and Controversies in Breast Cancer
Please join us in Seattle for our biannual University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Breast Cancer CME, entitled Challenges and Controversies in Breast Cancer.
This CME is designed for medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists as well as ancillary health care professionals involved in breast cancer research and care.
This conference is an in-depth, cross-disciplinary review in which leading experts will present the latest updates and clinical recommendations in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and care. We plan to have case presentations, pro/con debates and lectures on some of the most controversial areas of breast cancer management.
Date: Scheduled for October 2009
Information: Ksenia Koon at kkoon@seattlecca.org or (206) 288-6969