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COURSE DESCRIPTION:  
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States and more people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. Over 80% of these deaths are linked to the use of tobacco and primary prevention can successfully decrease the cancer burden. Please join us for Screening for Lung Cancer is now Standard Therapy with guest faculty, John Roberts, M.D.

TARGET AUDIENCE: 
Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Residents,  Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Pharmacists and all other interested healthcare providers. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Review and discuss the literature about the dangers of lung cancer including those supporting lung cancer screening.
• Examine the strategies to encourage patients with risk of lung cancer screened.  

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

John R. Roberts, M.D.
Board Certified Thoracic Surgery
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida
Boca Raton, Florida

John R. Roberts, M.D. indicated that he is a consultant for Scott Flora Consulting. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

John Rubin, M.D., director for this educational event, owns stock in AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb. He has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D., FACG, moderator for this educational event, indicated that he is on the Speaker’s Bureau for AbbVie, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual has been mitigated. 

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-855339, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Podiatry, Dentistry, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Athletic Trainers. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.