Breast Cancer Management of the High-Risk Patient – Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment

To update the non-oncology physician, Miami Cancer Institute surgical oncologist Starr K. Mautner, M.D., will examine guidelines and recommendations for screening mammography, the algorithm for screening high-risk patients and evidence-based treatment options for high-risk patients, including prophylactic mastectomy, genetic testing and chemoprevention.

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Target Audience

General Surgeons, General Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Hospitalists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Laboratory Personnel, Respiratory Therapists and Social Workers.

Learning Objectives

  • Provide evidence-based radiologic surveillance treatment as an option for high-risk patients. 
  • Identify patients who are candidates for chemoprevention and genetic testing. 
  • Determine which high-risk patients may benefit from prophylactic surgery.  
Additional information
Bibliography: 

Rainville, I. R., & Rana, H. Q. (2014). Next-generation sequencing for inherited breast cancer risk: counseling through the complexity. Current oncology reports, 16(3), 1-11.

Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
07/01/2016
Course expires: 
07/01/2018

Starr K. Mautner, M.D. 
Surgical Oncologist
South Miami Hospital

Starr K. Mautner, M.D., indicated that neither she nor her spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in her presentation or discussion.

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

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
             
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material 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.

ABIM MOC  

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. ABIM MOC points will be submitted the first week following the month of completion.

Your participation information will be shared with the ACCME, which will in turn report your points to ABIM. Successful completion of a course examination is required to earn ABIM MOC points.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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