eContouring for Gastrointestinal Cancer Case Library

The eContouring for Gastrointestinal Cancer Case Library contains 1 case, case vingette, and reference documents from cases from the 2017 ASTRO Annual Meeting. These cases give users the ability to practice contouring and to receive a metric score to compare the user's contours to that of expert faculty.


Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is increasingly applied to locally advanced pancreas cancer.  Because of the potential risks of delivering high-dose radiotherapy to the sensitive organs of the abdomen, in-depth knowledge of the abdominal anatomy and normal tissue dose constraints are necessary. Cooperative group trials of conventional chemoradiation have demonstrated that protocol violations were common and were associated with worse outcome.   

Target Audience

This program is designed to meet the interest of radiation oncologists, radiation therapists, and radiation dosimetrists.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify basic anatomy of abdomen and appearance of pancreatic adenocarcinoma as seen on imaging studies.
  • Identify common sites of recurrence for pancreatic cancer and recognize the imaging appearances of these recurrences.
  • Improve radiation therapy delivery through understanding the contouring recommendations for the gross tumor volume (GTV) and clinical target volumes (CTV) for pancreatic cancer, both in the locally advanced and post-operative setting.
  • Use imaging, treatment planning, and treatment delivery techniques to account for respiratory motion.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this 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.
  • 1.50 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
01/16/2019
Course expires: 
01/15/2021
Cost:
$149.00
Rating: 
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  • Joseph Herman, MD, MS, is employed at Johns Hopkins University and receives compensation from Celgene, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, BTG, Abbvie, Boston Scientific, Oncosil Medical and Augmenix.
  • Cullen Taniguchi, MD, PhD is employed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center and has no financial relationships with a commercial interest.

The person(s) above served as the developer(s) of this activity. 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. 

To claim PQI for this course, please download the eContouring PQI Template before you begin this course and follow the instructions.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this 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.
  • 1.50 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Price

Cost:
$149.00
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Course Fees:
ASTRO members must log in to the ASTRO website to view and receive the discounted member rate.

  • Nonmember: $149
  • Member: $99

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 2 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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IOS and Android Tablets are not supported.