Multigene and Biomarker Testing in Breast Cancer

This activity covers the following presentations:

  • Biomarkers and Gene Panel Testing in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
  • Next-Generation Sequencing Testing in the Metastatic Setting

Target Audience

This educational program is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, PAs, pharmacists, social workers, and other health care professionals who manage patients with breast cancer.

Learning Objectives

Following this program, participants should be able to:

Biomarkers and Gene Panel Testing in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

  • Review the biomarkers and gene assays that impact treatment decisions for early-stage breast cancer.
  • Incorporate biomarker testing and test results into clinical practice for the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Next-Generation Sequencing Testing in the Metastatic Setting

  • Identify the various actionable biomarkers for metastatic breast cancer.
  • Incorporate next-generation sequencing testing and test results into clinical practice to personalize the management of patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Additional information
Supporters: 

This activity is supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Menarini-Stemline; Novartis; Puma Biotechnology; and Seagen. This activity is supported by independent educational grants from Daiichi Sankyo and Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. This activity is supported by a grant from Pfizer Inc.

Course summary
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
Course opens: 
03/15/2024
Course expires: 
03/15/2025
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Recorded Presentations from the NCCN 2024 Breast Cancer Congress with Updates from the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Hatem Soliman, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Heather A. Parsons, MD, MPH
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 the following relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.  All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

William J. Gradishar, MD
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: Honoraria; Scientific Advisor
Daiichi-Sankyo Co.: Honoraria; Scientific Advisor
Eli Lilly and Company: Scientific Advisor

Heather A. Parsons, MD, MPH
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: Consulting Fee
Daiichi-Sankyo Co.: Consulting Fee
Guardant Health: Honoraria

Hatem Soliman, MD
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: Consulting Fee
Eli Lilly and Company: Consulting Fee
Merck & Co., Inc.: Product/Speakers Bureau
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation: Consulting Fee
Puma Biotechnology: Consulting Fee
SeaGen: Consulting Fee

NCCN Staff Disclosures

None of the other planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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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: JA4008196-0000-24-023-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 15, 2025. 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

Cost:
$0.00
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