Winship Cancer Institute 2016 Melanoma Conference
Meeting Host
Description
MEETING OVERVIEW
On behalf of David Lawson, MD, course director, we are pleased to invite you to the Winship Cancer Institute 2016 Melanoma Conference, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 27, 2016.
This meeting will serve as a valuable forum for the presentation and discussion of newly available data. Participants will be provided with an update on practice-changing data in a practical and interactive format, fostering discussion and impacting clinical outcomes for patients with melanoma.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This live educational activity is specifically designed to address the educational needs of clinicians who manage melanoma and other skin malignancies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After successful completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
• Identify best practices for diagnosis and risk assessment during the diagnostic workup of melanoma, including the appropriate use of sentinel-node biopsy
• Recognize key features of uveal melanoma, along with the emerging treatment options and recent clinical trial data in this setting
• Outline treatment strategies for Merkel cell carcinoma
• Select patients for whom radiotherapy should be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic modalities
• Identify key data supporting systemic treatment options like immunotherapies and MAPK pathway inhibitors
CONTINUING EDUCATION
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) through the joint providership of prIME Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. prIME Oncology is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
prIME Oncology designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PROVIDER
This activity is jointly provided by prIME Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
SUPPORT
Options are available to organizations interested in supporting this conference. For more information, please contact Anne Rojas at Anne.Rojas@prIMEoncology.org.
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University would like to provide special recognition of Mrs. Brenda Nease, whose generosity has provided the impetus and signature sponsorship for the Melanoma Conference.
REGISTRATION
Please go to the following link below to registerr:
