Update on the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

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

Topics Covered

• Overview of Ovarian Cancer, Including Staging
• How Precision Medicine & Testing Inform Your Treatment Decisions
• The Role of the Pathologist
• Current Standard of Care
• New Treatment Approaches & Follow-Up Care
• The Role of the Genetic Counselor
• Treatment Options for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
• Clinical Trial Updates
• Managing Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
• Talking with Your Treatment Team About Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Key Questions to Ask
• The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team About Follow-Up Care
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Carolyn D. Runowicz, MD

Professor Emerita, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University

Jennifer Jorgensen, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Connecticut

Subodh M. Lele, MD

Professor of Pathology and Surgery (Courtesy), Associate Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs and Development, Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Director, AI Applications for Pathology, Medical Director, Breast, Gynecologic and Genitourinary Pathology Service, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Kara R. (Schoeffel) Rogen, MS, CGC

Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor, Department of Clinical Genomics, Clinical Instructor of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic

Cassie Spector, MSW

Breast and Gynecological Cancers Program Coordinator, 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

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