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Online CME Activity

NOTE: Although this activity is no longer certified for credit, we believe that it contains important information and hope you’ll review, print or email it to a colleague.

Title:
56-Year-Old Female Smoker With a Left Lung Mass
Release Date:
09/30/2008
Expiration Date:
09/30/2009
Topics:
Oncology, Lung Cancer, Respiratory
Primary Audience:
Oncologists
Activity Format:
Patient Case Study
Credits:
2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

 
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Learning Objectives

1) Utilize 2 appropriate staging studies that can help determine surgical resectability of stage III non–small cell lung cancer.

2) Choose multimodality treatment plans for unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer that can improve patient outcomes.

Accreditation

Essential Areas and Policies, including the 2004 Updated Standards for Commercial Support. Pri-Med faculty hail from a variety of institutions and participate in content development, along with Pri-Med Institute's Advisory Boards and its expert review partners, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Tufts Health Care Institute. All final decisions about program content are the responsibility of Pri-Med Institute.

Credits Type Accreditation Statement Designation Statement
2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Pri-Med Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty and Editorial Board

Written By: Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Reviewed By: Tufts University School of Medicine

Edited By: Mary Fitzgerald, MS, RN

Financial Disclosure Statement(s)

Dr Gandhi has no financial relationships to disclose.

Ms Fitzgerald has no financial relationships to disclose.

Education Partner:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Commercial Support:

N/A

Instructions for Obtaining Credit:

Complete this activity. Answer the questions in the attached posttest and evaluation. Click on "claim credit" and follow the instructions to print out the credit certificate.

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Disclaimer

The opinions, ideas, and recommendations expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty only and are not necessarily endorsed, nor do they necessarily reflect, those of their affiliated institutions, Pri-Med Institute, Pri-Med Institute Advisory Boards and Consultants, or M|C Communications, LLC.

Clinical judgment must guide each clinician in weighing the possible risks, benefits, or contraindications of any diagnostics, interventions or treatments discussed. Clinicians should review manufacturers’ product information and consider these with the recommendations of other authorities when applying the assessment and/or clinical management strategies discussed in this activity to the care of their patients.