Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Colorectal Cancer
• Current Standard of Care
• The Increasing Number of Younger People Being Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer
• New Treatment Approaches
• Predicting Response to Treatment
• Staging & Biomarker Testing
• The Role of Targeted Cancer Therapies
• Clinical Trial Updates: How Research Contributes to Treatment Options
• Preventing & Managing Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
• Nutrition & Hydration Concerns & Tips
• Communicating with Your Health Care Team About Quality-of-Life Concerns & Follow-Up Appointments
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Al B. Benson, III, MD, FACP, FACCC, FASCO

Professor of Medicine, Associate Director for Cooperative Groups, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University

Fiyinfolu Balogun, MD, PhD

Assistant Attending Physician, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Diana L. Bearden, MS, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC

Oncology Dietitian, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Angele Russell

VP of Mission Impact and Partnerships, Colorectal Cancer Alliance

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop