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Navigating the Rapidly Evolving Classification and Treatment Landscape of Secondary AML Subtypes: Modeling Best Practices for Early Identification and Individualized Care
Are you optimally treating secondary AML subtypes per latest evidence on selection of therapies? To optimize treatment, clinicians must not only have current knowledge of the up-to-date classification and risk stratification strategies, but the operational frameworks to effectively translate this latest evidence into treatment selection practices. Assess your current practices, review the latest evidence and best practices shared by leaders in the field, and create your own action plan to ensu... |
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Enhancing Patient Care for CAR T-Cell Therapy in NHL: Comprehensive Solutions for Your Community
In this Build Your Own Case Study | Enhancing Patient Care for CAR T-Cell Therapy in NHL: Comprehensive Solutions for Your Community, learn from expert faculty about the most recent clinical updates and emerging real-world efficacy and safety data of CAR T-cell therapies in NHL. Build Your Own Case Study will guide participants through an interactive learning progression, as they go through two patient scenarios and make selections at critical decision points. Participants will be provided wit... |
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Myasthenia Gravis Research Highlights: AAN 2024
This accredited CME program highlights the latest clinical research about myasthenia gravis, a rare, autoimmune disease that targets the neuromuscular junction.
Treatment of myasthenia gravis is highly individualized and depends greatly on the myasthenia gravis subtype of each patient as well as each patient’s comorbidities. There are currently five drugs approved by the FDA, eculizumab, efgartigimod, ravulizumab, rozanolixizumab, and zilucoplan. Clinical trial data on these therapies, as... |
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Myasthenia Gravis Research Highlights: AAN 2024
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians specializing in neurology, ophthalmology and family practice. Other members of the care team may also participate.
Program Overview
This accredited CME program highlights the latest clinical research about myasthenia gravis, a rare, autoimmune disease that targets the neuromuscular junction.
Treatment of myasthenia gravis is highly individualized and depends greatly on the myasthenia gravis subt... |
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Unmasking Disparities and Forging a Path to Equitable Care
This comprehensive continuing education (CE) monograph delves into the complexities of HCM, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder marked by increased left ventricular hypertrophy. This condition can lead to significant health complications, such as heart failure, arrhythmias, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. Despite the impact of HCM on patient health and well-being, a gap persists in the understanding of the racial/ethnic and gender-based disparities among healthcare professionals. This gap... |
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Unmasking Disparities and Forging a Path to Equitable Care
This comprehensive continuing education (CE) monograph delves into the complexities of HCM, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder marked by increased left ventricular hypertrophy. This condition can lead to significant health complications, such as heart failure, arrhythmias, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. Despite the impact of HCM on patient health and well-being, a gap persists in the understanding of the racial/ethnic and gender-based disparities among healthcare professionals. This gap... |
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Patient Point of View: PDE4 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Adult Plaque Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory skin disorder that significantly impacts affected individuals’ quality of life. The most common subtype is plaque psoriasis, characterized by erythematous to violaceous plaques covered with scales. Due to the substantial symptom burden of plaque psoriasis and challenges surrounding medication tolerability and adherence, innovative treatment options are needed. Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitors, which play a key role in the inflammatory... |
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Toxicity Management and Symptom Control in Advanced RCC: Playbook Update
STATEMENT OF NEED
Each year, more than 430,000 cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed worldwide. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which includes clear cell, papillary, and chromophobe subtypes, is the most common form of kidney cancer. In recent years, the rise of immunotherapy and targeted therapy has contributed to a revolution in the treatment of RCC, with several novel agents and combinations granted approval. While these treatments demonstrate superior efficacy compared with previous standard... |
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Podcast: Multidisciplinary Task Force: Diagnosis and Management of Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
STATEMENT OF NEED
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) is an aggressive subtype of soft tissue sarcoma. Detection of MDM2 and/or CDK4 amplification distinguishes DDLPS from other types of undifferentiated sarcomas. Diagnosis of DDLPS remains challenging due to its complex karyotypes, quantitative genomic profiles, and pleomorphic pathological features (Nishio et al, 2021; Shen et al, 2022). Currently, surgical resection with or without radiation is the mainstay of treatment for localized di... |
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Improving Equity in Endometrial Cancer Care and Treatment: Accelerating Change to Improve Patient Outcomes in Rural and Underserved Communities
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for oncologists, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team who serve patients from rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
In rural and underserved communities, disparities in incidence, treatment, and prognosis are pervasive among women with endometrial cancer. Key factors contributing to these gaps include limited access to oncology specialty care and lack of familiarity with current therapeut... |
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Nursing Management of Cancer Treatment Induced Cardiotoxicity
STATEMENT OF NEED
Several studies reveal that certain cancer therapies adversely affect the heart and lead to various types of injuries, which often result in death. Adverse cardiac effects may occur immediately after cessation of therapy or, in some cases, years after the therapy has been discontinued. Often the cardiotoxicity presents in subtle ways, and a lack of awareness results in high morbidity and mortality. It is important for oncology nurses to be aware of current advances in the ... |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that reviews the diagnosis, assessment and treatment strategies for OCD.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive, unwanted, and anxiety-provoking thoughts, images, impulses and rituals that are performed to alleviate the accompanying distress. Because OCD is a heterogeneous disorder with several subtypes, assessing, diagnosing, and treating it can be challenging. Further, th... |
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Therapy Tidbits - September/October 2017
Therapy Tidbits – September/October 2017 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the September/October 2017 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Practical Benefits Debatable for Geropsychology Specialty — Generalist vs specialist? This article examines which option may be a more se... |
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Seven Sensory Strategies to Increase Artic-Therapy Success - Char Boshart, MA CCC-SLP
The mouth is the only body part that interacts with itself, meaningfully. And the two primary forms of that meaningful interaction (for speaking, chewing, and swallowing) are tactile and proprioceptive in nature.
Wouldn’t it be helpful for a child to be able to localize his front-tongue to elevate it purposefully and consistently for t, d, s, z, sh, zh, ch, j, and l, as well as for his back-tongue for the k, g, ng, and r sound?
This one-hour course demonstrates practical techniques ... |
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Autism: The New Spectrum of Diagnostics, Treatment & Nutrition
Autism: The New Spectrum of Diagnostics, Treatment & Nutrition is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that reviews diagnostic changes in autism as well as treatment options and nutrition interventions - both theoretical and applied.
The first section traces the history of the diagnostic concept of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), culminating in the revised criteria of the 2013 version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5, with specific focu... |