The New York Prostate Institute is committed to improving patient care through continuing medical education and is pleased to offer online our second annual Second Perspectives Meeting on Prostate Cancer which was held on November 11th, 2005 at the Garden City Hotel, New York.
The New York Prostate Institute is presenting this CME course for 5.75 hours of category credit for free.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Please read this page and click at the bottom to enter the CME web page
- Once on the course web page, please register and sign-on at the top right.
- Once registered you may view the lectures.
- Once complete, click the complete evaluation box and complete the lecture evaluation.
- You may select any lecture in any order by clicking the change lecture box.
- Once all the lectures have been viewed and the evaluation forms completed, you may print your CME certification.
- You may view the lectures at your convenience. Feel free bookmarking the CME Course web page to return to it directly, or you may enter the CME course each time via this page.
- If you are having any difficulty or have any questions, please email the NYPI at info@nyprostate.org.
Target Audience:
Radiation Oncologists, Urologists, Medical Oncologists, Internists, Oncology Nurses, Social Workers and other allied medical professionals.
Course Description
The goal of this activity is to disseminate and review the management of prostate cancer discussing reviewing issues and controversies that face the urologist, radiation oncologist and the primary care physician.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss recent changes in the epidemiology and prevention of prostate cancer.
- Apply recent updates in the early detection of prostate cancer.
- Discuss the implication of pathology, staging and risk assessment.
- Discuss the advances in brachytherapy, external radiation and surgery.
- Describe new techniques of real-time dosimetry for brachytherapy.
- Describe treatment assessment
- Discuss salvage treatment options
FACULTY
Course Director:
Louis Potters, MD FACR
Medical Director
New York Prostate Institute
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Judd W. Moul, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Chief
Division of Urologic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
W. Robert Lee, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Radiation Oncology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Director-Division of Experimental Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia PA
Herbert Lepor, MD
Chairman and Professor
Department of Urology
New York University
Katsuto Shinohara, MD
Professor
Department of Urology
University of California, San Francisco
Mark A. Ritter, MD, PhD
Professor radiation Oncology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
This program is sponsored by The New York Prostate Foundation, Inc. with the generous financial support from:
Oncura, Inc
Theragenics Corp
Bard
Isoray
Astra Zeneca
Astellas
OSI Oncology
Accreditation:
This activity is in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through South Nassau Communities Hospital to provide 5.75 hours of continuing medical education for physicians.
Financial Disclosure:
Our faculty members have reported any existing, significant financial interest in or other relationship(s) with, the manufacturer(s) of commercial products(s) or commercial services discussed in this educational activity.
Dr. Potters - Consultant Oncura
Dr. Ritter None reported
Dr. Dicker None reported
Dr. Moul Consultant Sanofi-Aventis, Speakers Bureau Astra-Zeneca, Pfizer, TAP
Dr. Scher None reported
Dr. Lee - Consultant Oncura
Dr. Shinohara None reported
COURSE LECTURES:
PROTEOMICS/GENETICS: DO WE NEED TO INTEGRATE INTO A CLINICAL PRACTICE?
Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD
HYPOFRACTIONATION WITH HIGH-DOSE EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER Mark A. Ritter, MD, PhD
ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT TRUS: KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL BIOPSY AND BRACHYTHERAPY PROCEDURE Katsuto Shinohara, MD
RISK MODELS: WHY HAVE THEM AND IF SO, HOW TO USE THEM?
Judd W. Moul, M.D., F.A.C.S.
CLINICAL TRIALS FOR PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY W. Robert Lee, MD
IS THE PROBLEM OVER-DETECTION OR OVER-TREATMENT?
Judd W. Moul, M.D., F.A.C.S.
DYNAMIC REAL-TIME BRACHYTHERAPY
Louis Potters, MD FACR
MANAGEMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER FROM A SURGEONS PERSPECTIVE
Herbert Lepor, MD
Legal Disclaimer:
The materials presented here were prepared by independent authors and do not represent a publication of the New York Prostate Institute. These materials and the related activity are not sanctioned by the New York Prostate Institute or any other commercial supporter of the conference, and do not constitute an official part of that conference.
The materials presented here do not reflect the views of the New York Prostate Institute or South Nassau Communities Hospital. These materials may discuss uses and dosages for therapeutic products that have not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. All readers or continuing education participants should verify all information and data before treating patients or employing any therapies described in this educational activity.
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