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Inside the Issue: Optimizing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors (Faculty Presentations)
Released September 2024

Featuring slide presentations and related discussion from Dr Pamela Kunz and Dr Simron Singh. Published September 17, 2024. (Faculty Presentations)

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  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This activity is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows, surgeons and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Appreciate the variability in clinical presentation, pace of growth and prognosis of different anatomical subtypes of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), and evaluate how these and other patient- and disease-related factors affect the selection and sequencing of systemic treatment for unresectable or metastatic forms of the disease.
    • Review published research findings supporting the use of somatostatin analogs (SSAs) for patients with advanced NETs in order to optimally incorporate these agents into current clinical management algorithms.
    • Assess the biological rationale for combining SSAs with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for patients with newly diagnosed, somatostatin receptor-positive advanced NETs, and consider how published Phase III efficacy results may establish the clinical role of this novel treatment strategy.
    • Evaluate available research findings with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in the management of progressive NETs in order to optimally integrate this therapeutic approach into current treatment algorithms.
    • Appraise available clinical trial data evaluating multikinase inhibitors for previously treated advanced NETs, and counsel patients regarding the risks and benefits of these novel agents.
    • Appraise the documented prevalence of von Hippel-Lindau-associated NETs, and develop strategies to care for patients with this unique manifestation of the disease.

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    CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
    Research To Practice 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.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) — MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC)
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialty: medical oncology.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY (ABS) — CONTINOUS CERTIFICATION (CC)
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    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABS practice area: complex general surgical oncology.

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    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    This CME activity consists of a video component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, watch the video, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/InsideTheIssue2024/Presentations/CME.

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    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Pamela Kunz, MD
    Associate Professor of Medicine/Oncology
    Division Chief, GI Oncology
    Director, Center for GI Cancers
    Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center
    New Haven, Connecticut

    Advisory Committees (All Uncompensated): Exelixis Inc, Novartis, RayzeBio; Contracted Research: Novartis, RayzeBio; Speaker: Bristol Myers Squibb, Foundation Medicine.

    Simron Singh, MD, MPH
    Professor, University of Toronto
    Susan Leslie Clinic for Neuroendocrine Tumours
    Odette Cancer Centre
    Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Advisory Committees: Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Novartis.

    SURVEY PARTICIPANTS — Daniel M Halperin, MD Advisory Committees: Amryt Pharma, Camurus, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Exelixis Inc, Harpoon Therapeutics, ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE, Lantheus, Novartis; Contracted Research: Camurus, ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE, Novartis, RayzeBio; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: RadioMedix Inc. Daneng Li, MDConsulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Coherus BioSciences, Delcath Systems Inc, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Merck, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc, TransThera Sciences, TriSalus Life Sciences; Speakers Bureau: Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc. Heloisa P Soares, MD, PhDAdvisory Committees: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Exelixis Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Novartis; Contracted Research: Bristol Myers Squibb, ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE, Novartis. Jonathan Strosberg, MDAdvisory Committee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc; Contracted Research: ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE, RadioMedix Inc, RayzeBio.

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    This educational activity contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. Research To Practice does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. The opinions expressed are those of the presenters and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantors.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from Exelixis Inc, Merck, and Novartis.

    Release date: September 2024
    Expiration date: September 2025

    After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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