Thyroid Cancer: New Trends in Treatment

Friday, November 3, 2023, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Thyroid Cancer, in the Context of COVID & Other Infectious Diseases
• Diagnosis & Staging
• Updates on Treatment Options
• Clinical Trial Updates
• New Treatment Approaches for Refractory Thyroid Cancer
• Preventing & Managing Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
• The Importance of Communicating with Your Health Care Team: Key Questions to Ask
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Nutrition & Hydration Concerns & Tips
• Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Your Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS

Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Director, Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine

Krzysztof Misiukiewicz, MD, MSCR

Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Clinical Director of Research in Head and Neck, Clinical Director of the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapeutics (CPCT), The Tisch Cancer Institute, Chairman of the Oncology Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee

Diana L. Bearden, MS, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC

Oncology Dietitian, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork: Please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop