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Expert Review of Treatment for HER2-Negative Early Breast Cancer

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Expert faculty provide an overview of treatment for HER2-negative early breast cancer.

Pharmacists: 1.00 contact hour (0.1 CEUs)

Nurses: 1.00 Nursing contact hour

Physicians: Maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Released: August 31, 2023

Expiration: August 30, 2024

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Kevin Kalinsky

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS

Division Director, Medical Oncology
Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

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Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC in partnership with Smart Patients.

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Supporters

Supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC

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Target Audience

This educational program is intended for oncologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with breast cancer. This educational program is also intended to reach patients with breast cancer and their caregivers.

Program Learning Goal

The goal of this activity is to educate oncologists, oncology nurses, pharmacists, other HCPs, and patients about recent developments in the treatment of EBC to optimally individualize therapy.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Appraise current/emerging published data and consensus-based guidelines to inform the use of biomarkers and genomic classifiers to assess risk of recurrence
  • Plan optimal (neo)adjuvant treatment strategies with approved targeted or immunotherapy agents for appropriate patients with EBC

  • Develop supportive care strategies to manage adverse events with current and emerging therapies for EBC to improve adherence and optimize outcomes

  • Evaluate strategies to promote health equity by reducing disparities in the care of patients with breast cancer, including incidence, age, stage at diagnosis, access to care, treatment, and clinical outcomes

  • Identify patients with EBC eligible for enrollment on ongoing clinical studies investigating novel therapies and/or predictive biomarkers

Disclosure

Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial conflicts of interest (COI) they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant COI are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they have with ineligible companies related to the content of this educational activity:

Primary Author

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS

Division Director, Medical Oncology
Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS: consultant/advisor/speaker: Genentech/Roche, Immunomedics, Seattle Genetics; individual publicly traded stocks and stock options: EQRX.

The planners and content peer reviewers from Clinical Care Options, LLC and Smart Patients do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose, except Kristi K. Orbaugh, as noted below.

Kristi K. Orbaugh, MSN, NP, AOCNP: consultant/advisor/speaker: AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, CTI, DSI, Gilead, Lilly, MorphoSys, Pfizer.

Instructions for Credit

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 1 hour. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, learners must follow these steps during the period from August 31, 2023, through August 30, 2024:

  1. Login or Sign Up for an account by clicking at the top of this page.
  2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
  3. View and study the content in its entirety.
  4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 65 and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "My Certificates" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Format

The program has been made available online.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

CCO designates this enduring material 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.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 1 contact hour.

Continuing Pharmacy Education

CCO designates this continuing education activity for 1 contact hour (0.10 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Universal Activity Number - JA4008176-0000-23-225-H01-P

Type of Activity: Application 

Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 65 or better and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 60 days.