Cancer Screening in Underrepresented Populations
Healthcare providers need training in the physical and mental health of the LGBTQ+ community in order to provide quality health care while limiting mental stress within the patient. In addition, improving access to quality and affordable cancer screening programs and follow-up care to all minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) communities could increase cancer screening rates, hopefully leading to an early cancer diagnosis and consequently, a better prognosis. All individuals, regardless of their race, SES, or gender identity deserve the best chance at beating cancer.
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 program, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the disparities in cancer screening among underrepresented populations and their effects on cancer detection and survival.
- Identify individual, interpersonal, and institutional barriers to cancer screening in underrepresented populations.
- Discuss strategies to increase cancer screening in underrepresented populations.
Moderator
Maria D. Garcia-Jimenez, MD, MHS
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Panelists
Sarah A. McLaughlin, MD
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Ludmila Svoboda, RN, BSN, MA, OCN
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
NCCN Continuing 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.
Sarah A. McLaughlin, MD
Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD
Ludmila Svoboda, RN, BSN, MA, OCN
The faculty listed below has the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Maria D. Garcia-Jimenez, MD, MHS
Merck & Co., Inc.: Grant/Research Support
MJH Life Sciences: Consulting Fee
NCCN Staff Disclosures
The planners listed below have the following relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Crystal S. Denlinger, MD
Agios, Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Amgen Inc.: Grant/Research Support
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: Grant/Research Support
BeiGene: Scientific Advisor; Grant/Research Support
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: Scientific Advisor; Grant/Research Support
Eli Lilly and Company: Grant/Research Support
Exelixis Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Genmab: Grant/Research Support
MacroGenics: Grant/Research Support
MedImmune Inc: Grant/Research Support
Merck & Co., Inc.: Scientific Advisor
sanofi-aventis U.S.: Grant/Research Support
Taiho Pharmaceutials Co., Ltd.: Scientific Advisor
Zymeworks: Scientific Advisor; Grant/Research Support
Taneal Carter
Johnson & Johnson: Equity Interest/Stock Options
None of the other 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: JA4008196-0000-23-060-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 March 1, 2024. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NCCN is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. NCCN maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit.
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 ASWB continuing education credit
- 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