Defining "Best Practices" to Improve Clinical Care in Radiation Oncology

Presenters: Robert Adams, R.T.T., C.M.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C.; James Hayman, M.D., University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Todd Pawlicki, Ph. D., University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

Available for Credit: February 12, 2010, through February 11, 2013
Meeting: 2009 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Cost: $50 member (discounted for meeting attendees) - Register

Objectives:

• Discuss the status of "best practice" guidelines for dosimetrists/physicists.
• Discuss the status of "best practice" guidelines for therapists.
• Discuss the status of "best practice" guidelines for physicians/nurses.
• Discuss the role of chart rounds in achieving these best practices.

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Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Death: Apoptosis, Necrosis, Senescence

Presenter: Jacqueline P. Williams, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center

Available for Credit: November 1, 2008, through October 31, 2011
Meeting: 2008 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Cost: $50 member (discounted for meeting attendees) - Register

Objectives:

• Discuss the physiological differences between the processes of apoptosis, necrosis and senescence.
• Justify the role that these important biological functions play in both normal and reactive physiology, with a particular emphasis on their role in the response to radiation injury.
• Discuss the possibilities of using the molecular mechanisms involved as targets for therapy.

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Nuclear Radiologic Preparedness Training Course: Part 1 - Evaluation of the Problem

Presenter: COL. Patricia K. Lillis-Hearne, M.C. (U.S.A.), M.D., M.P.H. and Albert L. Wiley Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Available for Credit: January 28, 2009, through January 27, 2012
Meeting: 2008 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Cost: $50 member (discounted for meeting attendees) - Register

Objectives:

• Identify the potential causes of radiation mishaps
• Describe levels of authority in radiologic or nuclear disaster
• Distinguish between a radiologic and nuclear event
• Recall where to go for further information on radiological disasters

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Nuclear Radiologic Preparedness Training Course: Part 2 - Exposed Patients

Presenter: Jacqueline P. Williams, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center and William E. Dickerson, M.D. National Naval Medical Center

Available for Credit: January 9, 2009, through January 8, 2012
Meeting: 2008 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Cost: $50 member (discounted for meeting attendees) - Register

Objectives:

• Explain the diagnosis and treatment of the Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
• Discuss the diagnosis and treatment following external and internal contamination

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Nuclear Radiologic Preparedness Training Course: Part 3 - Follow-up and Planning

Presenter: Capt. Judith L. Bader, M.D., U.S.P.H.S., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Andrew L. Salner, M.D., Hartford Hospital

Available for Credit: December 10, 2008, through December 9, 2011
Meeting: 2008 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Cost: $50 member (discounted for meeting attendees) - Register

Objectives:

• Explain the importance of local hospital and radiologic preparedness
• Identify the components of a hospital radiation plan
• Define the role of the radiation oncologist

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Cancer Genetics and Genetic Testing for the Practicing Radiation Oncologist

Presenter: James S. Welsh, M.D., M.S., University of Wisconsin Cancer Center and University of Wisconsin

Available for Credit: December 21, 2007, through December 20, 2010
Meeting: 2007 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Cost: $50 member (discounted for meeting attendees) - Register

Objectives

• Become familiar with the inheritance patterns, genetic mechanisms, and basic biology of cancer predisposition syndromes that are routinely encountered by practicing radiation oncologists.
• Learn the general management recommendations for patients harboring deleterious mutations as well as potential radiotherapeutic management differences that might apply to such patients.
• Become familiar with the practical, ethical and legal issues surrounding cancer genetic testing and gain the fundamental knowledge necessary to carry our such testing on their own or create a formal genetics testing program at their institution.

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