Gastrointestinal Cancer in Community Practice

This activity provides an opportunity to understand the key steps in the process of care for SBRT treatment of liver (primary and metastases), focusing on patient selection, imaging, simulation, treatment planning and image guidance, and discuss challenges in motion management and delivery. The second talk focuses on rectal cancer to discuss patient selection from the options available for the management of rectal cancer. The third talk provides an update on recently published data in GI cancer which has implications on patient management. 

Topics:

  1. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver Cancer
    Aisling S. Barry, MD 
  2. Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Choosing Options
    Jessica M. Frakes, MD
  3. Update on GI Cancers
    Randa Tao, MD
  4. Q and A

This activity is available from August 8, 2023, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on August 7, 2025. 

This activity was originally recorded at the 2022 ASTRO Annual Meeting.

Target Audience

The activity is designed to meet the interests of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiation physicists and residents. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss indications, patient selection, process of care and challenges in Liver SBRT. 
  • Discuss neoadjuvant management of rectal cancer. 
  • Discuss and analyze relevant clinical trial data pertaining to the recently published data in GI cancer. 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 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 Enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
08/08/2023
Course expires: 
08/07/2025
Cost:
$149.00
Rating: 
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Christine S. Chung, MD, is employed by the John Muir Medical Center.  

Aisling S. Barry, MD, is employed by the University of Toronto, University Health Network and Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.  

Jessica M. Frakes, MD, is employed by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Frakes receives compensation from Boston Scientific and ViewRay.  

Randa Tao, MD, is employed by the University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Tao receives compensation from the Binaytara Foundation.  

Najeeb Mohideen, MD, FASTRO, is employed by Northwest Community Hospital. Dr. Mohideen serves as President and Board Member of The Radiosurgery Society and serves as Chair of the Radiation Oncology Committee with the American College of Radiology.

The person(s) above served as the developer(s) of this activity. Additionally, the Education Committee had control over the content of this activity. All relevant relationships have been mitigated.

Disclosure link: 
Committee Disclosures

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

  • 1.25 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 Enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.25 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 member rate.

Nonmember: $149
Member: $99
Member-in-training: $49
Student/Grad Student/PGY: $49
Postdoctoral Fellow: $49
 

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 until August 7, 2025, 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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