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CME Webcast Educates Learners on Lung Cancer Staging

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webcast Educates Learners on Lung Cancer Staging. On this program, we’re going to update you on the approach to lung cancer staging. Joining on moderator is our lung cancer expert from the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Clinical Instructor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Jean Bustamante Alvarez.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: RECOGNIZE the importance of lung cancer staging and the need for a multidisciplinary approach; and IDENTIFY the minimally necessary studies that will be necessary to stage a patient with lung cancer.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Racial disparities in lung cancer diagnosis and survival
  • Staging small cell lung cancer
  • Surgery versus stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
  • Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
  • When PET-CT can miss lung cancer

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