Archived Monthly Oncology Tumor Boards: Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers: Postoperative Therapy in Patients with Residual Disease
Esophageal cancer patients with residual disease following preoperative chemoradiation and complete resection remain at high risk for recurrence, which is associated with poor prognosis. The components of optimal postoperative management for these patients has not been established in randomized trials. Available evidence for the use of postoperative chemoradiation and postoperative chemotherapy comes from prospective randomized trials involving patients with gastric cancer. Optimal treatment for resectable esophageal/esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancers requires clinician awareness of current evidence regarding the recurrence and survival rates associated with various combined modality approaches and targeted therapies. Clinicians should regularly evaluate recent clinical trial data to make informed decisions on the most appropriate treatment plan, particularly as new targeted therapies, as well as new indications for existing targeted therapies, become FDA-approved.
Target Audience
This educational program is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians/oncologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other health care professionals who manage patients with cancer.
Learning Objectives
Following this activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss therapeutic options for the postoperative management of patients with esophageal or esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancers.
- Review the current evidence for use of nivolumab in patients with completely resected esophageal or EGJ tumors with residual pathologic disease who have received preoperative chemoradiation.
- Describe emerging strategies to optimize postoperative management for patients with completely resected esophageal or EGJ tumors and residual pathologic disease.
- Discuss preoperative treatment strategies for patients with esophageal or EGJ cancers.
Sunnie Kim, MD
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Jeffrey Olsen, MD
University of Colorado Cancer Center
NCCN Medical Education Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of NCCN that all planners, faculty, moderators, authors, reviewers and anyone involved in the planning and delivery of NCCN continuing education activities are expected to disclose ALL financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. The ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence require that individuals who refuse to provide this information will be disqualified from involvement in the planning and implementation of accredited continuing education presented by NCCN. NCCN identifies, mitigates and discloses to learners all relevant financial relationships.
In addition, all content has been reviewed to ensure education promotes safe, effective patient care and does not promote the products or services of an ineligible company. Content, including any presentation of therapeutic options, is fair, balanced, evidence-based, scientifically accurate, and free of commercial bias and marketing.
Definitions
Ineligible Company: An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Relevant Financial Relationships: Financial relationships of any dollar amount occurring within the past 24 months are defined as relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of an ineligible company. There is no minimum financial threshold. We ask for disclosure of ALL financial relationships with ineligible companies, regardless of the amount and regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to the education.
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 or marketing.
Faculty Disclosures
The faculty listed below have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Jeffrey Olsen, MD
The faculty listed below have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Sunnie Kim, MD
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.: Scientific Advisor
Merck & Co., Inc.: Grant/Research Support; Scientific Advisor
NCCN Staff Disclosures
None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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 1.0 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 1.0 contact hour.
Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.10 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-22-114-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 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until November 21, 2023. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Case Managers
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour. Activity Code: I00052725; Approval #: 220003572
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
- 1.00 ACPE contact hours
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC contact hours
- 1.00 CCM clock hours
- 1.00 Participation
Price
Required Hardware/software
To complete this activity, users will need:
- A device with an Internet connection and sound playback capability
- One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari
- Internet Explorer is no longer supported
- Adobe Reader or other PDF reader software for certificate viewing/printing