Management of Colorectal Cancer

Continuing to advance colorectal cancer diagnostics and treatment is imperative in a time when colorectal cancer is continuing to rise in a younger population. Metastasis is present in 22% of patients at diagnosis, and management of disseminated disease is continuously evolving due to targeted therapy approaches, molecular profiling, and shared decision making. Additionally, immune checkpoint inhibitors are showing significant benefit in eligible patients, but toxicity is a concern. Moreover, patients with rectal cancer who have an excellent response to neoadjuvant therapy could enter a non-invasive “watch and wait” approach to management, which could drastically improve quality of life. Continued education on the advancements of colorectal cancer will help bridge knowledge gaps and improve the quality of care offered to patients.

Target Audience

This program is designed to meet the educational needs of oncology nurses who manage patients with cancer.

Learning Objectives

Following this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the importance of diagnostic evaluation and impact on treatment approaches.
  • Summarize new advancements in the management of colorectal cancer.
  • Provide examples of supportive care issues and related interventions for patients with colorectal cancers.
Additional information
Supporters: 

Supported by a grant from Pfizer Inc. Supported by an educational grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. Supported by an independent educational grant from Incyte Corporation. Supported by an independent medical education grant from ADC Therapeutics.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 ANCC contact hours
    • 0.50 ANCC Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 0.75 Participation
Course opens: 
06/15/2024
Course expires: 
03/01/2025
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Recorded Presentations from the NCCN 2024 Nursing Program: Advancing Oncology Nursing™

Aileen Tangonan MacAndrew, RN, MSN, NP-C
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

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.

Amanda E. Visnick, RN, BSN, OCN

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. 

Aileen Tangonan MacAndrew, RN, MSN, NP-C 
Taiho Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.: Product/Speakers Bureau 

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.

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.

Nurses
NCCN designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 contact hour, 0.50 of which are pharmacotherapeutic contact hours.

Available Credit

  • 0.75 ANCC contact hours
    • 0.50 ANCC Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 0.75 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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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