The community-based oncologist is increasingly faced with multiple treatment options and has to sift through complicated and sometimes conflicting data from clinical trials.  E-Updates in Lung Cancer:  Controversies and Challenges seeks to provide clear insights on how to make effective treatment choices from the options available for lung cancer.

CME, 2 Credits    Dec 15, 2009

The prevalence of pain and inadequate analgesia in patients with cancer is well documented. Pain management is frequently necessary in cancer treatment, making it critical that those treating the cancer patient completely understand how to correctly assess the pain and determine the proper type of treatment.

CME LLC has collaborated with a team of oncology specialists in the field of pain management. In Managing Cancer Pain: A Bedside Approach, these experts discuss recent advances that are pertinent for oncology practice, and provide a seasoned and practical perspective that may advance patient care.

CME, 1 Credits    Oct 01, 2009

This activity is based on review articles in the journal ONCOLOGY. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 3 Credits    Sep 15, 2009

This activity is based on a brief article developed as part of the E-Update Series and posted on the Web. It was developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 2 Credits    Sep 01, 2009

This activity is based on review articles in the journal ONCOLOGY. It is developed from an identified educational need for information about practical management issues in the practice of medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. This activity has been developed and approved under the direction of CME LLC.

CME, 3 Credits    Aug 15, 2009

A new volume of the classic E-Updates in Lung Cancer: Controversies and Challenges, Volume 3, learners receive updates on the risks and benefits of different treatment strategies comprised of 3 electronic issues. Topics include: mAbs and EGFR TKI in lung cancer in the front-line setting; maintenance chemotherapy; and second–line therapy and beyond.

CME, 2 Credits    Aug 01, 2009

Key clinical trials are selected from prominent journals and key “practice-influencing” papers, explaining the importance to the "everyday" practice of community-based oncologists in the treatment and management of lung and colorectal cancers.

CME, 0.5 Credits    Jul 15, 2009

This monthly journal features clinical and practical review articles in medical, hematological, surgical and radiation oncology with solicited articles by leading authorities supplemented by two or three peer review commentaries. This issue discusses: optimal initial treatment of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer and patient perceptions; prophylactic central lymph node dissection; Lymphoma; Prostate Cancer and LHRH antagonists vs. LHRH antagonists; ‘natural’ hormone replacement and breast cancer risk; phase IIIB Trial of intermittent degarelix therapy, FDA and talactoferrin/sunitinib for renal cell carcinoma, ACLU challenges patents on breast cancer genes; reports from ASCO: maintenance therapy with pemetrexed in advanced NSCLC, PARP inhibitors for breast cancers, therapeutic cancer vaccine for follicular lymphoma, vaccine in metastatic melanoma; and music therapy

CME, 3 Credits    Jun 15, 2009