Lymphoma 101: The Plot Thickens
The advances in diagnostic and imaging techniques as well as the development of novel targeted therapies have significantly contributed to the evolution of response assessment in lymphomas. Standardized response criteria are essential to interpret and compare the efficacy data for the treatment options evaluated across clinical trials. Visualization of data is also emerging as an effective way to accurately convey the data from modern clinical trials. Educating hematologists and oncologists about these recent advances would help them to use the response criteria and interpret complex clinical trial data more accurately in an era increasingly focused on targeted treatments with prolonged duration of therapy.
This information was originally presented at the NCCN 2020 Virtual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies™ held on October 9-10, 2020.
Target Audience
This educational program is designed to meet the educational needs of oncologists, hematologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, and other health care professionals who manage patients with hematologic malignancies.
Learning Objectives
Following this program, participants should be able to:
- Describe the categories of response assessment with PET/CT and CT in the revised Lugano response criteria.
- Implement the revised Lugano response criteria for the assessment of response in patients receiving targeted therapies for lymphoma.
- Review the different methods of graphical representations of tumor response to lymphoma therapy.
Leo I. Gordon, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
NCCN Medical Education Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of NCCN that every 12 months, all faculty, moderators, activity planners and all internal planning staff participating in NCCN continuing education activities are expected to disclose any financial relationships with a commercial interest as defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support. In addition, all faculty presentations have been reviewed for adherence to the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support (the provider develops activities/educational interventions independent of commercial interests [SCS 1, 2 and 6] by experts on the topics).
Per the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, individuals who do not disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from involvement in the CE activity as a content developer, planner, or presenter. A complete list of individuals’ relationships with external entities is available upon request.
Definitions
NCCN continuing education considers financial relationships to create a “conflict of interest” when an individual has both a financial relationship with a commercial interest and the opportunity to affect CE content about the products or services of a commercial interest with which he/she and/or a spouse or partner has a financial relationship.
NCCN continuing education considers “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. NCCN does not set a minimal dollar amount for relationships to be significant. Inherent in any amount is the incentive to maintain or increase the value of the relationship.
Faculty Disclaimers
All faculty for this continuing education activity are competent in the subject matter and qualified by experience, training, and/or preparation for the tasks and methods of delivery.
Faculty presentations may include discussion of off-label use. Faculty will disclose that the use in question is not currently approved by the FDA per the product labeling.
Faculty Disclosures
The faculty listed below discloses the following relevant financial relationships:
Leo I. Gordon, MD
Celgene Corporation: Grant/Research Support
Gilead Sciences, Inc.: Scientific Advisor
Juno Therapeutics, Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Zylem Biosciences: Ownership/Partnership/Principal
NCCN Staff Disclosures
The NCCN Activity Planning staff listed below discloses no relevant financial relationships:
Michael Abrams; Melissa Esplen; Mark A. Geisler; Kristina M. Gregory, RN, MSN, OCN; Kristin Kline Hasson; Rose Joyce; Karen Kanefield; Lisa Perfidio, MS; Shannon Ryan, CMP; Kathy Ann Smith, CHCP; Sarah Weinstein
The NCCN Leadership listed below discloses no relevant financial relationships:
Robert W. Carlson, MD; Gary J. Weyhmuller, MBA, SPHR
The NCCN Leadership listed below discloses the following relevant financial relationships:
Wui-Jin Koh, MD: IBM Watson Health for Oncology and Genomics; Scientific Advisor
The NCCN Clinical staff listed below discloses no relevant financial relationships:
Jennifer L. Burns, BS; Mary A. Dwyer, MS, CGC; Hema Sundar, PhD
In support of improving patient care, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
NCCN designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
NCCN designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.50 contact hour.
Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for 0.50 contact hour (0.05 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-20-140-H01-P
Physician Assistants
NCCN has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 0.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until October 30, 2021. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Available Credit
- 0.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
- 0.50 ACPE contact hours
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC contact hours
- 0.50 Participation
Price
Required Hardware/software
To complete this activity, users will need:
- A device with an Internet connection
- One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari (Internet Explorer is no longer supported)
- Adobe Flash Player and/or an HTML5 capable browser for video or audio playback
- Adobe Reader or other PDF reader software for certificate viewing/printing