Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center 33rd Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update Melanoma 2023
Format: 24 videos, size: 4.23 GB
Course Audience: dermatologists, pathologists, dermatopathologists, primary care physican
Overview:
Conference Overview
As the incidence of melanoma continues to rise rapidly in the United States and around the world, the need to educate clinicians from various specialties on the disease also increases. During this course nationally recognized experts will present information on prevention, risk assessment, early detection, genetic factors, and current and future treatment choices for melanoma patients. Issues concerning surgical management, adjuvant therapy, advanced disease therapy, and personalizing the course of treatment for individual patients will also be discussed. This course is designed to provide information that will help clinicians in their decision making regarding these difficult patient problems. The course will be taught by a wide range of experts as this most serious of skin cancers will require multidisciplinary efforts to conquer.
Educational Objectives
After attending this live activity, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate how newly discovered, evidence-based scientific information applies to the current practice of clinical dermatology.
- Describe the epidemiology and risk factors associated with the increasing incidence of cutaneous melanoma.
- Examine current data and new strategies for the prevention of melanoma.
- Relate case studies to other healthcare professionals to improve patient care.
- Evaluate and diagnose a variety of malignancies related to melanoma skin cancer.
- Identify possible genetic mutations and etiologic factors in the melanoma patient and diagnose patients based on dermatologic manifestations.
- Incorporate new diagnostic techniques, including dermoscopy, into practice.
- Determine appropriate treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma, melanonychia and ocular melanoma.
- Integrate new therapies and treatments for advanced melanoma including surgical techniques.
- Discuss the effectiveness of neoadjuvant therapy and immunotherapy in treating melanoma.
- Navigate the medico-legal aspects of caring for the melanoma patient.
- Recommend strategies for managing patients with multiple melanomas.
- Provide optimal follow-up of patients after melanoma treatment.
Target Audience
• Dermatologists
• Pathologists
• Dermatopathologists
• Primary Care Physicians
• Dermatology Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants
Cutaneous Toxicities of Immune Therapy- Aleksandr Itkin, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Dermoscopy and New Diagnostic Techniques- Travis Blalock, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Dysplastic Nevi – Ben Kelley, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Evaluation of Melanonychia- Frederick Fish, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Evaluation of the Melanoma Patient for Other Primary Melanoma Lesions- Frederick Fish, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Melanoma in the Molecular Age Part 1- New Tools for Diagnosis, Prognosis- Gregory Hosler, MD, PhD (Video MP4 Format)
Melanoma in the Molecular Age Part 2- New Tools for Diagnosis, Prognosis- Gregory Hosler, MD, PhD (Video MP4 Format)
Melanoma, the Primary Lesion- Biopsy, Excision and Mohs Surgery in Selected Cases- David Kent, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Melanoma- Art and Science, Yesterday and Today – James Patterson, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Melanoma- Head and Neck Surgeon’s Perspective- Brendan Gaylis, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Melanoma- Medical Legal Complications- Robert Cosgrove, ESQ (Video MP4 Format)
Metastatic Evaluation of the Melanoma Patient- Surget Cox, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Ministering to the Melanoma Patient- Reverend Jack Baca (Video MP4 Format)
Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced Resectable Melanoma- Merrick Ross, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Ocular and Periocular Melanoma- Geva Mannor, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Oncolytic Immunotherapy- Merrick Ross, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Pathology of Melanoma- Current Status and Prognostic Indicators- Cora Humberson, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Radiation Therapy for Melanoma Including Lentigo Maligna- Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Saturday, January 21, 2023- Afternoon Case Presentations (Video MP4 Format)
Saturday, January 21, 2023- Morning Case Presentations (Video MP4 Format)
Sentinel Node Evaluation- Merrick Ross, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Sunday Morning Case Presentations (Video MP4 Format)
The Role of UV Radiation and Exposure in Melanoma- David Kent, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Treatment of Advanced Melanoma- Kathryn Bollin, MD (Video MP4 Format)