Miami Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds – Personalizing Treatment for Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Miami, FL US
October 25, 2024

Rectal cancer incidence is rapidly increasing among young adults, making it a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in individuals under 50 years of age. Standard treatment involves trimodality therapy— radiotherapy, chemotherapy and radical surgery which can result in significant lifelong morbidity. This is especially consequential for patients with low rectal tumors, as surgical removal of the anus and rectum results in a permanent colostomy bag and profoundly affects quality of life. Personalized treatment strategies are needed to facilitate organ-preservation and minimize lifelong morbidities. 

 

Target Audience

Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Oncology Surgeons and Radiologists 

Learning Objectives

  • Compare total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) approaches for organ preservation. 
  • Examine current limitations of standard treatment and the potential benefits of personalized strategies that aim for organ-preservation.  
     
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
08/11/2024
Course expires: 
10/31/2024
Event starts: 
10/25/2024 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/25/2024 - 1:00pm EDT
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Miami Cancer Institute or ZOOM Meeting
8900 N. Kendall Dr
MCI 1N612
Miami, FL 33176
United States

Paul Romesser, M.D.
Radiation Oncologist
Early Drug Development Specialist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Paul Romesser, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has received grant research support from XRAD Therapeutics and 10X Genomics.  He is a consultant for EMD Serono and Faeth Therapeutics and an advisor for the HPV Alliance and the  Anal Cancer Foundation.  He has indicated that the presentation and discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.  All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. 

Michael Chuong, M.D., conference series director, is a researcher with ViewRay, Novocure and AstraZeneca, a consultant with ViewRay, an advisor with ViewRay and Advanced Accelerator Applications and a speaker for ViewRay, Elekta and Sirtex. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual 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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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 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 #20-621028, 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 for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists and Techs and Respiratory Therapists. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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