Challenging Cases in Cervical and Endometrial Cancer

This course will focus on cases that illustrate difficult challenges in the loco-regional management of cervical cancer. Clinical cases of will provide the basis for short presentations and subsequent discussion.

Target Audience

This program is designed to meet the interest of radiation oncologist and residents-in-training.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify criteria for selection of patients for use of IORT in recurrent cervix cancer.
  • Describe the different methods of IORT utilized for pelvic tumors.  
  • Identify complications associated with IORT.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
  • 1.50 SA-CME

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    This activity meets the American Board of Radiology's criteria for a self-assessment activity in the ABR's Maintenance of Certification program. Participation in this course in combination with the successful completion of the corresponding assessment and course evaluation adheres to the guidelines established by the ABR for 1.50 self-assessment credits.

Course opens: 
01/13/2015
Course expires: 
01/12/2018
Cost:
$105.00
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The following people served as the developers of this activity and their disclosures are listed below.

  • Mohamed Elshaikh, MD, is employed at Henry Ford Hospital and has no financial relationships with a commercial interest.
  • Beth Erickson, MD, is employed as a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and has a leadership position with the American Brachytherapy Society and has no financial relationships with a commercial interest.
  • Mitchell Kamrava, MD, is employed as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and has no financial relationships with a commercial interest.
  • Ivy Petersen, MD, is employed as a professor at Mayo Clinic and has a leadership position with the NRG Oncology and has no financial relationships with a commercial interest.
  • Julie Schwarz, MD, PhD, is employed as a professor at Washington University and receives research grants from NIH.

Additionally, the Education and CME/MOC Committees had control over the content of this activity.

 

Disclosure link: 
Committee Disclosure

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education to physicians.

ASTRO is awarded Deemed Status by the American Board of Radiology to provide SA-CME as part of Part II Maintenance of Certification.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.50 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
  • 1.50 SA-CME

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    This activity meets the American Board of Radiology's criteria for a self-assessment activity in the ABR's Maintenance of Certification program. Participation in this course in combination with the successful completion of the corresponding assessment and course evaluation adheres to the guidelines established by the ABR for 1.50 self-assessment credits.

Price

Cost:
$105.00
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Course Fees:
ASTRO members must log in to the ASTRO website to view and receive the discounted member rate.

  • Nonmember: $105
  • Member: $55

Policies:
No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for those participants who, for any reason, have not completed the course by the end of the qualification date. The qualification date for each course is listed in the course catalog on the ASTRO website under availability.

Participants using ASTRO's online courses to satisfy the requirement of a Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program should verify the number, type and availability dates of any course before making a purchase. No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for participants who have purchased courses that do not align with their MOC requirement.

The course and its materials will only be available on the ASTRO website for that 3 year period regardless of purchase date. At the expiration of the qualification, participants will no longer have access to the course or its materials. ASTRO reserves the right to remove a course before the end of its qualification period.

 

 

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