In part one of the Cancer survivorship conference, Ms. Aimee
Costello provides an over view of the cancer survivorship program and the
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Improve knowledge of potential late effects of childhood
cancer therapies on adult survivors to support health promotion and patient
education in practice.
- Locate and closely follow Children’s Oncology Group
Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for childhood cancer survivors in order to
provide standard of care
Reading Resources:
- Children’s Oncology Group. Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors
of Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers, Version 4.0. Monrovia,
CA: Children’s Oncology Group; October 2013; Available on-line:
www.survivorshipguidelines.org
- St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. The childhood
cancer survivor study. 2013. Accessed
March 23, 2013. From:
http://www.stjude.org/CCSS
- Grunfeld E and Earle
CC. The interface between primary and
oncology specialty care: treatment through survivorship. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2010;2010(40):25-30. Doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgg002
Disclosures:
Ms. Costello has reported no relevant relationships with
any entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients
is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee,
speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a
position to control the content of this education activity have relevant
financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates
this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care
professionals are awarded (0.05) continuing education units (CEU) which are
equivalent to .5 contact hour.
For your credit transcript, please access our website 4
weeks post-completion at http://ccehs.upmc.com and follow the link to the
Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on
the next page you will not be able to access a CME credit transcript. Providing
your SSN is voluntary.
Release Date: 8/24/2017 | Last Modified On: 8/24/2017 | Expires: 8/25/2018
