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Gynecologic Cancer
Program for the Primary Care Physician
Saturday, April
20, 2002
Sponsored by
Temple University School of Medicine
&
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Location
Student Faculty Center
(Located in the Health
Sciences Center complex diagonally
across from Temple University Hospital)
3340 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Program
Description
The program will present current
information about screening and
management of patients with gynecologic cancers, focusing on standards of care
and new treatment options available to physicians and their patients. The
program will be informal,
providing ample opportunity to discuss issues relevant to individual practices.
Participants are encouraged to wear casual attire. We’ve scheduled the
program for Saturday to avoid conflicts with your office schedule.
Target Audience
The target audience is family
physicians, general physicians,
internists, and OB/gynecologists.
INQUIRIES
For additional information, please contact: Kathy Smith ,
Room C-400, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Fox Chase Cancer Center,
7701 Burholme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111. (Telephone: 215-728-5358; Fax:
215-214-8908; E-Mail ka_smith@fccc.edu)
PROGRAM
8:00-8:30 AM Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:15 AM Breast
Cancer Screening and Prevention
Enrique Hernandez, M.D.
At the conclusion of this lecture participants should be able to: 1. apply the
new Bethesda
Classification System and properly evaluate the abnormal
Pap smear and 2.
discuss new technologies in cervical cancer screening.
9:15-10:00 AM
Hormone Replacement Therapy
—Karen L. Houck,M.D.
At the conclusion of this lecture
participants should be able to discuss
indications, benefits, and
risks of hormonal replacement therapy.
10:00-10:15 AM
Questions & Answers
10:15-10:30 AM
Refreshment Break
10:30-11:15 AM
Management of the Abnormal Pap Smear
—Enrique Hernandez, M.D.
At the conclusion of this lecture
participants should be able to: 1. apply the
new Bethesda Classification System and properly evaluate the abnormal
Pap smear and 2. discuss new
technologies in cervical cancer screening.
11:15-12:00
Noon Endometrial Cancer: Identifying the Woman at Risk
—Norman G. Rosenblum, M.D.,
Ph.D.
At the conclusion of this lecture
participants should be able to: 1. discuss the
different types of endometrial cancer and premalignant conditions and 2.
discuss risk factors and proper management of women with endometrial cancer.
12:00-12:15 PM
Questions & Answers
12:15-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30-2:15 PM The
Pelvic Mass: Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer
—Mitchell I. Edelson,
M.D.
At the conclusion of this lecture
participants should be able to discuss
management of the pelvic mass in the pre- and post-menopausal patient and the
treatment of ovarian cancer.
2:15-3:00 PM
Medical and Legal Pitfalls in Diagnosing Breast and Gynecologic Cancers
—Stephen Permut, M.D.,
J.D.
At the conclusion of this lecture
participants should be able to identify the
areas of potential liability in diagnosing gynecologic and breast cancers.
3:00-3:30 PM
Panel Discussion
—Cynthia A.
Bergman,MD,Moderator
FACULTY
Hak Choy, MD
Center for Radiation Oncology
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Nashville, TN 37232-5671
Corey J. Langer, MD
Co-Director, Thoracic Oncology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Valerie Rusch, MD, FRCP(C)
Chief, Thoracic Surgery Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY 10021-6007
Frances Shepherd, MD
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5G2M9 Canada
STATEMENT OF THE FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER DISCLOSURE POLICY
It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center to insure that all sponsored
continuing medical education activities are independently designed and
produced, relative to content and quality, and that all presentations maintain
scientific integrity, and are objective, balanced, and free of commercial bias.
Fox Chase Cancer Center policy requires that each faculty member be asked to
provide appropriate disclosure information prior to an educational activity.
Fox Chase Cancer Center requires disclosure to program participants of any
financial interest of other relationship a faculty member or Fox Chase Cancer
Center, as the sponsor of the activity, has with (1) the manufacturer(s) of any
commercial product(s) and/or providers(s) of commercial services discussed in
an educational presentation and (2) any commercial supporters of the activity.
Faculty are required to disclose to the audience any unlabeled or
investigational uses of commercial products included in the presentation.
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