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Treatment Update

Bone-Directed Therapy: Improving Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Prostate Cancer

Download slidesets from a recent satellite on the management of skeletal health in prostate cancer.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

State-of-the-Art Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer
In this downloadable slideset, David I Quinn, MD, PhD, provides expert perspective on new therapies for advanced castration-refractory prostate cancer (CRPC), including bone-targeted therapeutic approaches, radiotherapy, and novel agents that block the androgen receptor pathway.

Preventing Bone Compromise in Patients With Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer
In this downloadable slideset, Matthew R Smith, MD, PhD, provides expert perspective on preventing bone compromise, including effects of androgen-deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer, the clinical significance of fractures, and optimal use of bone-directed therapy.

Prevention of Bone Metastases
In this downloadable slideset, Joel B. Nelson, MD, explores current and emerging strategies to prevent bone metastases in patients with prostate cancer.

Therapeutic Strategies for Patients With Prostate Cancer and Bone Metastases
In this downloadable slideset, Michael A. Carducci, MD, covers key current strategies for the optimal treatment of men with bone metastases from prostate cancer, including approved bone-targeted agents and promising drugs in late stages of clinical development.

Treatment Update

Immunotherapy for Practicing Clinicians

In this interactive online program, Antoni Ribas, MD, and Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD, provide an overview of the immune system and its increasing role in the management of patients with cancer.


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CME-Certified Module:

Overview of Immunotherapy for Oncology Clinicians: Therapeutic Strategies Designed to Leverage the Immune System to Treat Cancer
Antoni Ribas, MD, provides a detailed overview of the history of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer and explores promising immunotherapy strategies and agents being tested in clinical trials.

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CME-Certified Module:

Immunomodulatory Therapy for Oncology Clinicians

Treatment Update

Reducing Skeletal-Related Events and Recurrence Risk With Bone-Directed Agents: The Role of the Oncology Specialist Nurse in 2012

Download slidesets and a pocket resource guide on the latest data on reducing skeletal-related events and recurrence risk and nursing management strategies for patients with bone metastases.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Preventing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Metastasis
Sarah Yenser Wood, RN, MSN, ANP, AOCNP, reviews strategies for preventing skeletal-related events in patients with metastases in this downloadable slideset.

Preventing Recurrence and Delaying Bone Pain With Bone-Targeted Agents
In this downloadable slideset, Pamela Hallquist Viale, RN, MS, CS, ANP, AOCNP, reviews the use of bone-modifying agents for preventing recurrence and delaying bone pain in patients with cancer.

Overall Nursing Considerations With Bone-Directed Agents
Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN, explores nursing considerations and management strategies for patients receiving bone-modifying agents in this downloadable slideset.

Downloadable Pocket Guide:

At a Glance: Bone-Modifying Therapy and Nursing Considerations for Management of Patients With Cancer at Risk for and Experiencing Skeletal-Related Events
Download this pocket resource guide on bone-modifying agents and nursing considerations for patients with or at risk for skeletal-related events.

Treatment Update

Multiple Myeloma in Session: Fellows Journal Club

Capsule Summaries, slidesets, and interactive text modules on multiple myeloma.


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CME-Certified Module:

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Multiple Myeloma in Session: An Online Journal Club Resource for Physician Fellows, Edition 1
In this CME-certified learning module, Claudia E. Paba-Prada, MD, and Paul G. Richardson, MD, discuss 3 important randomized trials and relevant case examples on topics related to the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma, including the role of bortezomib-containing regimens as induction and consolidation therapy, thalidomide maintenance therapy, and allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

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CME-Certified Modules:

Multiple Myeloma in Session: An Online Journal Club Resource for Physician Fellows, Edition 2

Multiple Myeloma in Session: An Online Journal Club Resource for Physician Fellows, Edition 3

Treatment Updates

Metastatic Breast Cancer: Expert Guidance on Selecting Treatment and Management Approaches

View a comprehensive presentation or use an expert-designed tool each with expert insight on optimal therapeutic strategies for metastatic breast cancer.


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CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

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In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Kathy D. Miller, MD, provides a case-based review of optimal and emerging treatment options for patients with metastatic breast cancer.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Selecting Treatment and Management Approaches in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Downloadable slides from an Interactive Virtual Presentation narrated by Kathy D. Miller, MD, which provides a case-based review of optimal and emerging treatment options for patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Interactive Tool:

Expert Guidance in Selecting Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Use this Interactive Decision Support Tool to enter your patient’s specific characteristics, and then see what Robert W. Carlson, MD; Kathy D. Miller, MD; Nicholas J. Robert, MD; Joseph A. Sparano, MD; and Stefan Glück, MD, PhD would choose as their treatment approach.

Management Series

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Translating State-of-the-Art Practice to Patient Care

Comprehensive educational program with activities designed to provide practical guidance on the optimal clinical management of chronic myeloid leukemia.


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CME-Certified Module:

Optimal Clinical Management of Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Proceedings of an Independent Expert Panel
In this unique educational activity, you will be asked to answer specific questions regarding your treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. After you answer a question, you will then be able to read a multidisciplinary panel of experts’ discussion of that question, including their recommendations for practice.

CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: The Importance of Patient Compliance to TKI Therapy
Join Dragana Milojkovic, MB BS, MRCP, FRCPath, PhD, as she explores the reasons patients have trouble adhering to TKI therapy and how to help increase adherence.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: The Importance of Patient Compliance to TKI Therapy
Downloadable slides from an Interactive Virtual Presentation narrated by Dragana Milojkovic, MB BS, MRCP, FRCPath, PhD, which explores patient adherence to TKI therapy and how adherence is associated with molecular and cytogenetic response to therapy.

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CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Optimal Therapeutic Strategies for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Interactive Tool:

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Expert Guidance on Monitoring Response to First-line Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy

Treatment Update

Workshop With the Experts: Multiple Myeloma Series 2012

Downloadable slides from the live expert workshops on veterans with multiple myeloma.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Workshop With the Experts: Multiple Myeloma Series 2012
Amitabha Mazumder, MD, and G. David Roodman, MD, PhD, review current assessment and treatment of patients with multiple myeloma in the frontline and relapsed/refractory settings.

Treatment Update

Expert Guidance in Advanced NSCLC: Selection of First-line and Maintenance Therapy

Use the Interactive Decision Support Tool and view treatment choices in specific clinical scenarios from 5 experts, and learn about current thinking in therapeutic decision making in the Interactive Virtual Presentation.


CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

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Therapeutic Decision Making in Advanced NSCLC: A 2012 Perspective
In this interactive virtual presentation, David R. Gandara, MD, explores clinical factors that should be considered when selecting first-line and maintenance therapy for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Therapeutic Decision Making in Advanced NSCLC: A 2012 Perspective
In this downloadable slideset, David R. Gandara, MD, explores key data supporting treatment decision making for first-line and maintenance therapies in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

Interactive Tool:

Expert Guidance in Selecting First-Line and Maintenance Therapy for Advanced NSCLC
Use this Interactive Decision Support Tool to enter your patient’s specific characteristics, and then see what 5 lung cancer experts would choose as their treatment approach.

Conference Coverage

2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium 

CCO's independent coverage of the 2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium includes a Conference Report that focus on key issues highlighted at the conference.


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Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

CCO Independent Conference Coverage of the 2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
Join Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, and David I. Quinn, MD, PhD, as they review the clinical significance of key results presented at the 2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in the areas of prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, testicular seminoma, and urothelial cancer.


CME-Certified Slideset:

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2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
Join Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, and David I. Quinn, MD, PhD, as they review the clinical significance of key results presented at the 2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in the areas of prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, testicular seminoma, and urothelial cancer.

Treatment Update

Workshop With the Experts: Colorectal Cancer Series

A downloadable slideset covering current best practices in the management of patients at risk for or with colorectal cancer.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Workshop With the Experts: Colorectal Cancer Series
Downloadable slides highlighting key concepts in colorectal cancer screening and appropriate therapy selection and application in the adjuvant setting and beyond.

Treatment Update

Incorporating Biological Insights to Individualize Management of Head and Neck Cancer

In this interactive online presentation, Barbara Burtness, MD, provides a case-based overview of the latest findings on optimal management of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.


CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

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Incorporating Biological Insights to Individualize Management of Head and Neck Cancer
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Barbara Burtness, MD, provides a case-based overview of the latest findings on optimal management of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Incorporating Biological Insights to Individualize Management of Head and Neck Cancer
Barbara Burtness, MD, explores key issues related to the management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, including prognostic and predictive markers and the latest clinical data on the optimal management of locoregionally advanced and metastatic disease.

Conference Coverage

2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium 

CCO's independent coverage of the 2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium includes a Conference Report that focus on key issues highlighted at the conference.


CME-Certified Conference Report:

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2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
Thomas H. Cartwright, MD, and Alan P. Venook, MD, discuss the clinical implications of results of studies presented at the 2012 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Treatment Update

Expert Perspectives on the Management of Pancreatic Cancer

Expert discussion on best practices and novel agents in pancreatic cancer.


CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Pancreatic Cancer: Evolving Best Practices and Promising Novel Agents
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Andrew H. Ko, MD, provides expert perspective on current optimal treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Pancreatic Cancer: Evolving Best Practices and Promising Novel Agents
Andrew H. Ko, MD, explores current optimal treatment and future direction in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Treatment Update

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment in Evolution

A concise, interactive update on key practice-relevant advances in the management of CML designed for busy clinicians.


CME-Certified Expert Viewpoint

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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment in Evolution: Recent Advances in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy
This brief interactive activity with case-based in-page polling provides today’s busy clinicians with practical insights from Moshe Talpaz, MD, on the selection of tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with CML in both the first-line and salvage settings based on the most recently reported data.

Treatment Update

Metastatic Melanoma: Clinical Applications of Current Treatments and Emerging Therapies 

Along with Keith T. Flaherty, MD, manage the care of a patient with metastatic melanoma.


CME-Certified Interactive Case Challenge

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Management of a Patient With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Melanoma
In this challenging interactive case study, Keith T. Flaherty, MD, explores the use of newly approved agents to treat a patient with metastatic melanoma.

Treatment Updates

Independent Expert Panel in Malignant Melanoma: Improving Physician Performance to Enhance Patient Outcomes 

A text module with interactive viewer polling questions to highlight and summarize key issues with expert insights in the management of patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic melanoma.


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CME-Certified Module:

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Independent Expert Panel in Malignant Melanoma: Improving Physician Performance to Enhance Patient Outcomes 
In this interactive CME-certified activity, a panel of experts discusses management options and the supporting evidence for the treatment of advanced unresectable and metastatic melanoma based on clinical issues highlighted by a survey on current practices of healthcare providers caring for these patients.

Conference Coverage

American Society of Hematology 2011 Annual Meeting

CCO's independent coverage of the American Society of Hematology 2011 Annual meeting includes Capsule Summaries of key presentations, as well as Expert Analysis Annotated CME-Certified Slidesets and downloadable slides that focus on key issues highlighted at the conference.

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CME/CE-Certified Slidesets:

Lymphomas
In this CME-certified slideset, James O. Armitage, MD; Richard I. Fisher, MD; and Julie M. Vose, MD, review the most clinically relevant new data on lymphoma management from the 2011 American Society of Hematology annual meeting.

Update on Multiple Myeloma
In this CME-certified slideset, Kenneth Anderson, MD; Sagar Lonial, MD; and Amitabha Mazumder, MD, review the latest data in the treatment of multiple myeloma presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Leukemia
In this downloadable slideset with slidenotes, Martin S. Tallman, MD; Farhad Ravandi, MD; and Alan F. List, MD, provide an overview of the clinical implications of key data in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukemias presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
In this CME-certified slideset, Elias Jabbour, MD and Jerald Radich, MD, provide an analysis of key data in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
In this CME-certified slideset, John C. Byrd, MD, and Kanti Rai, MD, explore the most compelling data in chronic lymphocytic leukemia presented in San Diego.

Nonmalignant Hematology Disorders and ITP: Update
In this CME-certified slideset, Terry Gernsheimer, MD, and Howard Liebman, MD, FACP, review the most clinically relevant new data on nonmalignant hematology disorders presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Lymphomas
In this downloadable slideset, James O. Armitage, MD; Richard I. Fisher, MD; and Julie M. Vose, MD, review the most important abstracts in lymphomas presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.

Nonmalignant Hematology Disorders and ITP
In this downloadable slideset, Terry Gernsheimer, MD, and Howard Liebman, MD, FACP, review the latest data in the treatment of nonmalignant hematology disorders and ITP presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology annual meeting.

Myelodyplastic Syndromes and Acute Leukemias
In this downloadable slideset, Alan F. List, MD, Farhad Ravandi, MD, and Martin S. Tallman, MD, provide an overview of the key data in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukemias presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.

Update on Multiple Myeloma
In this downloadable slideset, Kenneth Anderson, MD, Sagar Lonial, MD, and Amitabha Mazumder, MD, review the latest data in the treatment of multiple myeloma presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. 

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
In this downloadable slideset, Elias Jabbour, MD and Jerald Radich, MD, provide an overview of key data in chronic myeloid leukemia presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. 

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
In this downloadable slideset, John C. Byrd, MD, and Kanti Rai, MD, review the most compelling data in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia presented at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.

Treatment Update

A Moment to Own It: Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment in Evolution


CME-Certified Module:

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A Moment to Own It: Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment in Evolution
In this case discussion, Kathy D. Miller, MD, and Linda T. Vahdat, MD, review the most clinically relevant new findings in metastatic breast cancer and how these data influence treatment decisions in 4 clinical case scenarios.

CCO Conference Coverage

2011 Combined Meeting of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society

CCO's independent coverage of the 2011 Combined Meeting of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society includes a Conference Report that focus on key issues highlighted at the conference.


CME-Certified Conference Report:

Conference Report: 2011 Combined Meeting of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, and Richard Riedel, MD, discuss key findings in osteosarcomas, soft-tissue sarcomas, and desmoid tumors from the 2011 Combined Meeting of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society.

Treatment Update

Current Evidence-Based Management of Stage II-IV Colon Cancer: Practice in Evolution

Interactive cases with a summary of key points illustrating current management recommendations for patients with stage II-IV colon cancer.

CME-Certified Module:

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Current Evidence-Based Management of Stage II-IV Colon Cancer: Practice in Evolution
In this interactive, case-based module, participants can quickly assess the summarized key points, compare management choices in various clinical scenarios involving patients with stage II-IV colon cancer with those of Richard M. Goldberg, MD, and John L. Marshall, MD, and then review a concise discussion of the evidence supporting their management decisions.

Treatment Update

Clinical Applications for Preventing and Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Breast Cancer: A Current Perspective

Downloadable slides that review emerging data that underlie the optimal use of bone-targeted agents in both the adjuvant and metastatic settings.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Bone-Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Bone Metastases
In a case-based presentation, Alison T. Stopeck, MD, highlights the data important to guide choice of bone-targeted therapy for patients with bone metastases from breast cancer.

Use of Bone-Targeted Agents to Treat or Prevent Cancer Therapy-Induced Bone Loss
Julie R. Gralow, MD, provides an overview of clinical trial data and guideline recommendations on the use of bone-targeted agents to prevent bone loss in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Bone-Targeted Therapy in Early Breast Cancer: Preventing Disease Recurrence
In this presentation Robert E. Coleman, MD, FRCP, reviews the latest clinical trial data on the role of adjuvant bisphosphonates in early stage breast cancer and provides guidance on which subsets of patients may benefit most from this treatment strategy.

Conference Coverage

2011 Annual Meeting of the AACR-CTRC San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 

CCO's independent coverage of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the AACR-CTRC San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium includes Capsule Summaries of key presentations, as well as CME-Certified Slidesets and Downloadable Slides that focus on key issues highlighted at the conference.


CME/CE-Certified Slidesets:

An Update on Early Breast Cancer
In this CME-certified slideset, Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD, and Peter Ravdin, MD, PhD, provide an overview of key early breast cancer data presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the AACR-CTRC San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.


An Update on Metastatic Breast Cancer
In this CME-certified slideset, William J. Gradishar, MD, FACP, and Kathy D. Miller, MD, provide an analysis of key data on metastatic breast cancer presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the AACR-CTRC San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

An Update on Early Breast Cancer
In this downloadable slideset, Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD and Peter Ravdin, MD, PhD, provide an overview of key early breast cancer data presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the AACR-CTRC San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

An Update on Metastatic Breast Cancer
In this downloadable slideset, William J. Gradishar, MD, FACP and Kathy D. Miller, MD, provide an overview of key data presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the AACR-CTRC San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Treatment Update

Updates in Community Oncology 2011: Current and Future Directions in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma 

Downloadable slides designed to improve patient care in the community practice setting by highlighting clinically relevant changes in the treatment of melanoma.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Updates in Community Oncology 2011: A Focus on Melanoma
Downloadable slides designed to improve patient care in the community practice setting by highlighting clinically relevant changes in the treatment of melanoma.

Treatment Update

A Moment to Own It: Multiple Myeloma Treatment in Evolution

Expert commentary, downloadable slides, and a case-based expert discussion on key concepts in multiple myeloma.


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CME/CE-certified Expert Commentary:

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Expert Commentary: Key Concepts in Multiple Myeloma
In this Expert Commentary, Amitabha Mazumder, MD, reviews the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma in different patient populations.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Key Concepts in Recent Data in Multiple Myeloma
In this downloadable slideset, Amitabha Mazumder, MD, reviews recent data in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

CME-certified Module:

A Moment to Own It: Multiple Myeloma
In this expert discussion, Amitabha Mazumder, MD; Jonathan L. Kaufman, MD; Tomer Martin Mark, MD; and David H. Vesole, MD, review recent data in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Treatment Update

Updates in Community Oncology 2011: A Focus on Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Downloadable slides from a live presentation series on the management of advanced NSCLC.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Therapeutic Options for Advanced NSCLC: First Line
Downloadable slideset providing an overview of key data and recommendations for first-line therapy to assist clinicians treating patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.

Therapeutic Options for Advanced NSCLC: Maintenance
Downloadable slides providing an overview of key data and recommendations for maintenance therapy to assist clinicians treating patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.

Therapeutic Options for Advanced NSCLC: Second Line
Downloadable slides providing an overview of key data and recommendations for second-line therapy to assist clinicians treating patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.

Treatment Update

Best Practices in Glioblastoma

Slidesets on Glioblastoma: Scope, Treatment, and Patient Assessment.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

GBM: Scope of the Clinical Issue
Timothy Cloughesy, MD, provides an overview of the scope of glioblastoma, including risk factors, biomarkers, and cancer care coordination.

Current Treatment Options for Glioblastoma
Tracy Batchelor, MD, MPH, provides an overview of treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma.

Patient Assessment, Supportive Care, and Management of Adverse Events
Patrick Y. Wen, MD, provides an overview of patient assessment, supportive care, and management of adverse events in glioblastoma.

Treatment Updates

Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and the Evolving Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Targeted Therapies

Interactive slidesets and cases on EGFR in NSCLC


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CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentations:

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Biomarkers for Prognosis and Prediction in Advanced NSCLC
Watch, listen, and test your knowledge as Howard (Jack) West, MD, discusses the value of biomarkers in NSCLC.

Therapeutic Strategies: EGFR-Targeted Agents in Advanced NSCLC
Watch, listen, and test your knowledge as George R. Simon, MD, FACP, FCCP, discusses the latest data on EGFR-targeted therapies in NSCLC.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Biomarkers for Prognosis and Prediction in Advanced NSCLC
Howard (Jack) West, MD, discusses the value of biomarkers in NSCLC.

Therapeutic Strategies: EGFR-Targeted Agents in Advanced NSCLC
George R. Simon, MD, FACP, FCCP, discusses the latest data on EGFR-targeted therapies in NSCLC.

CCO Conference Coverage

14th World Congress on Lung Cancer

CCO's independent coverage of the 14th World Congress on Lung Cancer includes a Conference Report with interactive polling that focuses on key issues highlighted at the conference.


CME-Certified Conference Report:

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Conference Report: 2011 World Conference on Lung Cancer
David R. Gandara, MD, and Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, discuss the most clinically relevant new findings in lung cancer from the 2011 World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Treatment Update

Expert Guidance in the Treatment of CRPC: Making the Right Choices for Patients

An interactive tool and virtual presentation to help guide treatment decisions of clinicians who manage patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.


CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

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Expert Guidance in the Treatment of CRPC: Making the Right Choices for Patients
Using interactive case scenarios and a new online Interactive Decision Support Tool, David I. Quinn, MD, PhD, discusses management strategies using current therapeutic options for patients with metastatic castration-resistant cancer.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Expert Guidance in the Treatment of CRPC: Making the Right Choices for Patients
In this downloadable slideset, David I. Quinn, MD, PhD, highlights expert recommendations and clinical trial evidence for the management of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Interactive Tool:

Expert Guidance in the Treatment of CRPC: Making the Right Choices for Patients
Use this interactive decision support tool with simple pulldown menus to enter your patient’s specific characteristics along with the treatment options you would likely choose for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. Then view the preferred choices of 5 prostate cancer experts via a graphical Expert Insight display and assess if the expert choices affect your own decision making.

Treatment Update

Case-Based Workshop With the Experts: Tailoring Therapy for Multiple Myeloma to Improve Patient Outcomes


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Tailoring Therapy for Multiple Myeloma to Improve Patient Outcomes: Treatment Strategies for Transplant-Eligible Patients With Multiple Myeloma
In this downloadable slideset, Kenneth Anderson, MD, Sagar Lonial, MD, and Paul G. Richardson, MD, review the latest information on the treatment of transplant-eligible patients with multiple myeloma.

Tailoring Therapy for Multiple Myeloma to Improve Patient Outcomes: Treatment Strategies for Patients Not Eligible for Transplantation
In this downloadable slideset, Kenneth Anderson, MD, Sagar Lonial, MD, and Paul G. Richardson, MD, review the latest information on the treatment of transplant-ineligible patients with multiple myeloma.

Tailoring Therapy for Multiple Myeloma to Improve Patient Outcomes: Optimal Salvage Treatment for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
In this downloadable slideset, Kenneth Anderson, MD, Sagar Lonial, MD, and Paul G. Richardson, MD, review the latest information on the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Treatment Update

Refining the Treatment Paradigm for Patients With NHL: Follicular, Mantle Cell, and Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma


Downloadable slides with patient cases that illustrate key treatment advances for patients with follicular, mantle cell, and peripheral T-cell lymphoma.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Clinical Advances in Follicular Lymphoma
Downloadable slides providing evidence-based treatment strategies for a patient with follicular lymphoma.

Evolving Therapies in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Downloadable slides providing evidence-based treatment strategies for a patient with mantle cell lymphoma.

Optimizing Treatments for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Downloadable slides providing evidence-based treatment strategies for a patient with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Treatment Update

Providing Personalized Care in an Era of Molecular Medicine: Evolution in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment

Interactive case scenarios illustrating how the use of molecular biomarkers can guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced-stage NSCLC.

CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

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Personalizing Therapy of Advanced-Stage NSCLC: 2011 Looking Toward 2015
David R. Gandara, MD, discusses and demonstrates, using interactive case scenarios, how the use of biomarkers play an important role in the management of patients with advanced stage NSCLC.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Personalizing Therapy of Advanced-Stage NSCLC: 2011 Looking Toward 2015
Downloadable slides from Interactive Virtual Presentation reviewing key clinical considerations for individualized care of patients with advanced NSCLC.

Management Series

The Role of the Oncology Nurse in Managing Skeletal Complications: Making Optimal Choices for Improving Patient Care 

Interactive text modules, slideset, and pocket guide on managing bone health.


CE-Certified Modules:

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Managing Patients With Bone Metastases
Throughout this interactive activity, you will be prompted with engaging clinical practice questions and scenarios as Pamela Hallquist Viale, RN, MS, CS, ANP, AOCNP, discusses nursing management strategies for the care of patients with bone metastases from cancer.

Managing Bone Loss and Osteoporosis in the Cancer Patient
In this interactive activity, Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN, discusses nursing management strategies for the care of patients at risk for bone loss and clinical fractures. By participating, you will answer challenging multiple-choice questions designed to help you learn more and improve your competence in different clinical scenarios related to this subject.

Nursing Considerations for Maintaining Bone Health in Patients with Cancer
Rebecca A. Hawkins, MSN, ANP, AOCN, reviews skeletal complications frequently experienced by patients with cancer, including bone loss and bone metastases, with a specific focus on the role of nurses in patient management during diagnosis, lifestyle interventions, and pharmacologic treatment.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

The Role of the Oncology Nurse in Managing Skeletal Complications: Making Optimal Choices for Improving Patient Care
In this downloadable slideset, Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN highlights important nursing considerations in the management of patients with cancer at risk for or with bone loss/osteoporosis or bone metastases.

Downloadable Worksheet:

Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Patient Counseling for Managing Cancer-Related Skeletal Complications
Download this point-of-care pocket resource as an aid in the management of your patients with cancer who are at risk for or experiencing bone loss or bone metastases.

Management Series

State-of-the-Art Strategies to Prevent and Manage Skeletal- Related Events in Patients With Cancer 

Bone health curriculum based on the proceedings of an independent expert panel discussion. Educational activities include: text module; downloadable slides; on-demand, narrated slide presentations; and interactive tools to help guide decisions on choice of bone-directed therapy.


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CME-Certified Module:

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Optimizing Bone Health in Patients With Cancer: Proceedings of an Independent Expert Panel
In this unique educational activity, you will be asked to answer specific questions regarding your use of bone-targeted agents in the treatment of patients with cancer. After you answer a question, you then will be able to read a multidisciplinary panel of experts’ discussion of that question, including their recommendations for practice.

CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentations:

Mitigating Bone Complications in Multiple Myeloma
In this interactive educational activity, G. David Roodman, MD, PhD, uses patient cases to illustrate best practice in the care of patients with myeloma bone disease.

Protecting Bone for Men With Prostate Cancer
In this interactive educational activity, Evan Y. Yu, MD, uses patient cases to illustrate best practice in the identification of patients in need of bone-targeted therapy, management of bone metastases, and use of bone-targeted agents to prevent bone metastases in men with prostate cancer.

Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Breast Cancer
In this interactive educational activity, Katherine N. Weilbaecher, MD, suggests evidence-based therapeutic strategies to help protect the skeleton of patients with breast cancer.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Optimizing Bone Health in Patients With Cancer: Proceedings of an Independent Expert Panel
Downloadable slides highlighting clinical trial data and expert recommendations important to guide the use of bone-targeted agents in the treatment of patients with cancer.

Mitigating Bone Complications in Multiple Myeloma
Downloadable slides from Interactive Virtual Presentation reviewing best practice in the care of patients with myeloma bone disease.

Protecting Bone for Men With Prostate Cancer
Downloadable slides from Interactive Virtual Presentation reviewing evidence-based therapeutic strategies to prevent and manage skeletal complications in patients with prostate cancer.

Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Breast Cancer
Downloadable slides from Dr. Weilbaecher’s case-based presentation reviewing the latest clinical evidence and expert recommendation on the optimal use of bone-targeted agents in the care of patients with breast cancer.

Interactive Tools:

Expert Guidance on Bone-Targeted Therapy for Patients With Breast Cancer
This Interactive Decision Support Tool will allow you to view 5 breast cancer experts’ preferred choice of bone-targeted agents based on your patient’s specific characteristics that you can enter with just a few clicks through pull-down menus.

Expert Guidance on Bone-Targeted Therapy for Patients With Prostate Cancer
This Interactive Decision Support Tool will allow you to view 5 prostate cancer experts’ preferred choice of bone-targeted therapy based on your patient’s specific characteristics that you can enter with just a few clicks through pull-down menus.

Treatment Update

Novel Targets in Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Clinical Trials and Research Into Patient Care 

Interactive Virtual Presentation on Novel Pathways in Hematologic Malignancies.


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CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Novel Targets in Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Clinical Trials and Research Into Patient Care
Watch, listen, and test your knowledge as Richard R. Furman, MD, reviews the latest information on novel targets in hematologic malignancies.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Novel Targets in Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Clinical Trials and Research Into Patient Care 
In this downloadable slideset, Richard R. Furman, MD, reviews the latest information on novel targets in hematologic malignancies.

Treatment Update

Individualizing Therapy to Optimize Patient Outcomes in MDS

Download slides on the most recent data in MDS treatment and issue in supportive care.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Individualizing Therapy to Optimize Patient Outcomes in MDS
In this downloadable slideset, Alan F. List, MD, and Rami Komrokji, MD review the most recent data in MDS therapies and supportive care.

Treatment Update

The Right Care for the Younger Patient: Meeting the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer 

CME-certified slideset in adolescent and young adult oncology.


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CME-Certified Slideset Module:

The Right Care for the Younger Patient: Meeting the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
Leonard S. Sender, MD, discusses the specific medical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of adolescent and young adults with cancer and reviews best practices in specific tumor types for this patient population.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

The Right Care for the Younger Patient: Meeting the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
In this downloadable slideset, Leonard S. Sender, MD, explores adolescent and young adult oncology as a subspecialty and reviews best practices for key malignancies in this population.

Treatment Update

Expert Insight in CML: Current Critical Issues in Primary Treatment, Evaluation, and Second-line Therapy 

Interactive case-based discussion of CML therapy.


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CME-Certified Module:

Expert Insight in CML: Current Critical Issues in Primary Treatment, Evaluation, and Second-line Therapy 
In this interactive CME-certified activity, compare your management of a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia as he progresses from newly diagnosed to advanced disease with evidence-based treatment strategies and perspectives from a roundtable among Jerald Radich, MD; Michael J. Mauro, MD; and B. Douglas Smith, MD.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Expert Insight in CML: Current Critical Issues in Primary Treatment, Evaluation, and Second-line Therapy
Download a slideset by Jerald P. Radich, MD that captures highlights from a case-based roundtable discussion between 3 experts on the management of CML.

Treatment Update

Workshop With the Experts: Overcoming Barriers to Optimal Treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 

CME-certified slidesets on Follicular, DLBCL, MCL and Waldenström’s.


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CME-Certified Slideset Modules:

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Evolving Treatment Paradigms in DLBCL
Julie M. Vose, MD, explores current thinking, recent clinical trial data, and future research directions in the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Current and Emerging Treatment Options for Follicular Lymphoma
Christopher R. Flowers, MD, explores current thinking and case studies in the treatment of follicular lymphoma.

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Current Treatment Options in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia
Steven P. Treon, MD, MA, PhD, uses case studies to highlight current thinking regarding optimal treatment of patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.

Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Standard and Future Therapies
Steven H. Bernstein, MD, explores current thinking regarding optimal treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Evolving Treatment Paradigms in DLBCL
Julie M. Vose, MD, explores current thinking, recent clinical trial data, and future research directions in the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Current and Emerging Treatment Options for Follicular Lymphoma
Christopher R. Flowers, MD, explores current thinking and case studies in the treatment of follicular lymphoma.

Current Treatment Options in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia
Steven P. Treon, MD, MA, PhD, uses case studies to highlight current thinking regarding optimal treatment of patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.

Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Standard and Future Therapies
Steven H. Bernstein, MD, explores current thinking regarding optimal treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Treatment Update

Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Cancer: A Master Class in Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Multiple Myeloma

Downloadable slides from the live Master Class symposium on bone health in patients with cancer.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Cancer: A Master Class in Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Multiple Myeloma
Downloadable slides from the 2011 Master Class symposium on bone health in patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and multiple myeloma.

CCO Conference Coverage

2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

CCO's independent coverage of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting includes Capsule Summaries of key data as well as Expert Analyses, Conference Highlights, and downloadable Slides focusing on clinical advances in oncology presented at the conference.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Highlights From the 2011 Clinical Oncology Meeting 
Download slides on the most compelling data presented at the 2011 Clinical Oncology Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

Treatment Update

Targeting Proangiogenic Pathways in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Current and Future Directions

Downloadable slidesets focused on proangiogenic pathways in NSCLC


Now Available!

Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Setting the Stage: State of the Art in First-line Treatment of Metastatic or Recurrent NSCLC
Download slides focused on frontline treatment options for patients with metastatic or recurrent NSCLC.

Expanding the Targets: Understanding the Role of Selected Critical Signaling Pathways in NSCLC
Download slides focused on novel and emerging agents targeting therapeutically-relevant proangiogenic signaling pathways in NSCLC.

Expanding the Opportunities for Care: Targeting Proangiogenic Pathways in NSCLC
Download slides focused on clinical opportunities for agents targeting therapeutically-relevant proangiogenic signaling pathways in NSCLC.

CME-Certified Module:

Targeting Proangiogenic Pathways in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Current and Future Directions
In this interactive discussion, Vincent A. Miller, MD; John V. Heymach, MD, PhD; David R. Spigel, MD; and Heather Wakelee, MD, discuss the latest data on proangiogenic pathways in NSCLC.

Treatment Update

Optimal Integration of New Treatments for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Targeting Androgens, New Chemotherapies, Autologous Immunotherapy, Preventing SREs


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Optimal Integration of New Treatments for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Download highlight slides from a recent ASCO satellite symposium focused on the current treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. Topics include targeting androgens, new chemotherapies, new immunotherapies, and managing skeletal complications.

Treatment Update

New Directions in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

CME-certified slideset on HER2-positive breast cancer.


CME-Certified Slideset Module:

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New Directions in the Treatment of Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, and Sara Hurvitz, MD, provide a case-based review of the latest clinical data on the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

New Directions in the Treatment of Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, and Sara Hurvitz, MD, provide a case-based review of the latest clinical data on the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Treatment Update

Providing Personalized Care in an Era of Molecular Medicine: Evolution in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment

This educational program consists of a unique interactive text-based activity along with downloadable PowerPoint slides.

CME-Certified Module:

Providing Personalized Care in an Era of Molecular Medicine: Evolution in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment
In this unique educational activity, you will be asked to answer specific questions regarding your use of biomarkers in the treatment of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. After you answer a question, you then will be able to read a multidisciplinary panel of experts’ discussion of that question, including their recommendations for practice.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Strategies for Incorporating Targeted Therapies into Evolving Treatment Algorithms for NSCLC
In this download able slideset, David R. Gandara, MD, provides an overview of the latest clinical trial data on the use of biomarkers in the treatment of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.

Treatment Update

The Role of the Oncology Nurse in Preventing and Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Cancer

Downloadable slideset focused on bone loss, bone metastases, and nursing considerations


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

The Role of the Oncology Nurse in Preventing and Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Cancer
Download slides focused on nursing management strategies for treating patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer, or multiple myeloma experiencing bone loss/osteoporosis or bone metastases.

Treatment Update

Re-Evaluating Your Practice: Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Prostate Cancer

Timely, focused information to enhance bone health care in prostate cancer


CME-Certified Slideset Module:

Re-Evaluating Your Practice: Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients With Prostate Cancer
Download highlight slides from a recent AUA satellite symposium focused on bone-targeted therapies and bone health in patients with prostate cancer who are at risk of skeletal-related events from androgen deprivation therapy and bone metastases.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Re-Evaluating Your Practice: Managing Skeletal-Related Events in Patients with Prostate Cancer
Download highlight slides from a recent AUA satellite symposium focused on bone-targeted therapies and bone health in patients with prostate cancer who are at risk of skeletal-related events from androgen deprivation therapy and bone metastases.




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