Miami Cancer Institute Multispecialty Grand Rounds: Personalized Cancer Vaccines for Patients with Melanoma and Other Solid Malignancies
Cancer vaccines can both generate new antigen-specific T cell responses and amplify existing responses and thereby focus the host immune response against tumor cells. During this grand rounds, Patrick Ott, M.D. will help participants understand the role of neoantigens and the mechanism of action of personalized cancer vaccines in the treatment of solid tumors.
Target Audience
Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Hematology Oncologists, Radiation Therapists, Endocrinologists, Pulmonologists, Otolaryngologists, General Surgeons, General Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Nurses, Social Workers, Patient Navigators and all other interested healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize the role of neoantigens and the mechanism of action of personalized cancer vaccines in the treatment of solid tumors.
- Describe the current clinical development landscape of personalized cancer vaccines.
- Implement vaccine-induced immune responses, safety and anti-tumor efficacy of different cancer vaccine platforms.
Patrick Ott, M.D.
Clinical Director, Melanoma Disease Center
Director, Clinical Sciences, Center for Immuno-Oncology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Patrick Ott, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is a researcher for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, Novartis, Genentech and GSK. He is an advisor for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Norvartis, Pfizer, Evaxion, Immunetune, Servier, MyNeo and Phio. He has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
Peter DeMaria, M.D., conference director of this educational activity, does not have any financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Domenech Asbun, M.D., conference director of this educational activity, is a consultant with Stryker.
Robert Press, M.D., conference director of this educational activity, does not have any financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.
*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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This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-680158, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.
This activity has also been approved for 1 credit hour for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and Respiratory Therapists. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 General certificate of attendance
- 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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