CCO Interactive Case Challenges

Treatment of Breast Cancer

Interactive Case Challenges

A 56-Year-Old Postmenopausal Woman With Stage IIA Breast Cancer

Faculty:
Debu Tripathy, MD

CME CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 01/24/06

Expiration Date: 01/23/07

Physicians: maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

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Take the challenge: manage adjuvant therapy for a postmenopausal woman with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Review findings of recent clinical trials that studied the use of adjuvant trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer
Identify various markers of cardiac function that might predict for trastuzumab-associated cardiac toxicity
Review prevention of complications due to adjuvant hormonal therapy
Discuss management of treatment-related complications

A 43-Year-Old Premenopausal Woman With Stage IIA Breast Cancer

Faculty:
George W. Sledge, Jr., MD Bryan Schneider, MD

CME CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 05/30/06

Expiration Date: 05/29/07

Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

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Review adjuvant treatment options for this premenopausal patient with early-stage disease

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Review findings of recent clinical trials for premenopausal women with breast cancer
Identify treatment options for premenopausal patients with breast cancer
Review prevention and management of complications due to adjuvant therapy

A 72-Year-Old Woman With Stage IIIA Breast Cancer and Mild Congestive Heart Failure

Faculty:
Mark D. Pegram, MD

CME CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 06/02/06

Expiration Date: 06/01/07

Physicians: maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

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Review treatment options for a woman with high-risk, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-overexpressing early-stage breast cancer, whose management is complicated by older age, preexisting hypertension, and a history of mild CHF.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Discuss findings of recent clinical trials for older women with breast cancer
Identify treatment options for patients with breast cancer and concomitant heart disease
Summarize prevention and management of complications due to adjuvant hormonal therapy

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