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CME Activity Information |
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Release Date: |
June 30, 2008 |
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Date Credit Expires: |
June 30, 2010 |
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Time to Complete: |
1 hour |
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Medium: |
Internet Online |
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Read the following information before beginning the educational activity and click the "Take this course" link at the bottom of the page
Study the educational activity
Complete the CME quiz and evaluation
After successful completion of the CME quiz and evaluation, you will receive the credit or participation certificate
*The CME quiz and evaluation must be completed by June 30, 2010, in order to receive the credit or participation certificate.
Target Audience
Physicians
who wish to advance their current knowledge of clinical cancer
medicine in pediatric oncology and are involved in providing patient
care in a cancer care environment.
Learning
Objectives
After completing this course, the reader should be able to:
Discuss the basic epidemiology of pediatric CNS GCTs.
Perform the diagnostic workup and full evaluation that is necessary when evaluating a patient with a suspected CNS GCT.
Select among the different therapeutic alternatives employed in treating children with a CNS GCT.
Accreditation and Credit Designation
This
activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of
the School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and The
Oncologist.
The School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
The School of Medicine of The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity.
Disclosure
Policy
In compliance with the ACCME Standards of Commercial Support, it is the policy of the School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities and to include information free of commercial bias and based on the best evidence available. All individuals in a position to influence the content of this activity have disclosed relevant financial interests or relationships of their own, their spouse/partner, or their worksite, with manufacturers or providers of commercial products, services, technology, or programs; and disclosed relationships with current non-governmental supporters of the activity.
All information is submitted and reviewed and found to be scientifically rigorous, based on the best available evidence, fair and balanced, and free of commercial bias. All the recommendations involving clinical medicine in this CME activity are based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported or used in CME in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.
Any potential conflicts of interests are resolved via The Oncologist's anonymous peer review process All manuscripts are reviewed by the Editorial Board with ad hoc assistance from two or more external experts in the field. All activity planners, authors, and reviewers are required to submit conflict of interest forms. These forms accompany the activity through the peer review process. Any reviewers who have a conflict of interest are recused. When a reviewer is recused, other suitable reviewers with no self-reported conflicts of interests are selected to conduct the reviews. Editors' disclosures are published annually online, whereas reviewers' disclosures are held in confidence within the Editorial Office. All final publication decisions are made by the Editorial Board. The acceptance of a manuscript is based on its originality and importance to the field as assessed by the Editors.
Content Review
Author Disclosure(s)
María E. Echevarría, M.D.
Credentials: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine; University Pediatric Hospital and San Jorge Children's Hospital
Disclosures: The author has indicated no relevant commercial relationships.
Jason Fangusaro, MD
Credentials: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NW Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Disclosures: The author has indicated no relevant commercial relationships.
Stewart Goldman, MD
Credentials:
Medical
Director, Neuro-oncology, Gus Foundation Chair of Neuro-oncology;
Associate professor of Pediatrics, NW Feinberg School of
Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois,
USA
Disclosures:
The
author has indicated no relevant commercial relationships.
Section Editors Disclosures
Susan M. Blaney, M.D., and Ross Pinkerton, M.D., have disclosed no financial relationships relevant to the content of this article.
CME Activity Director Disclosure
Frank M. Balis, MD, CME Activity Director, has disclosed no financial relationships relevant to the content of this article.
Independent Peer Reviewers, and Staff Managers Disclosures
No financial relationships relevant to the content of this article have been disclosed by the independent peer reviewers or staff managers.
Commercial Support
Non-governmental
supporters of this activity: Merck and sanofi-aventis
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