Fourth Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference

Volume 4, Number 2, Supplement 1 (February 2006)

Effective Strategies for Managing Cancer Complications

Selected presentations from the 2005 Oncology World Congress, held November 17–19, 2005, in New York, New York, and the First Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference, held October 6–8, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois

Jointly sponsored by the Elsevier Office of Continuing Medical Education, Mosby’s Continuing Education and Training, and Elsevier Oncology.

Information About This CME/CE Activity
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Release date: February 15, 2006 • Expiration date: February 15, 2007

Contents

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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting: State of the Art in 2006
Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP

The West Clinic and The University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee

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New Strategies for Management of Oral Mucositis in Cancer Patients
Douglas E. Peterson, DMD, PhD

Head & Neck/Oral Oncology Program, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington

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Cancer-Related Pain and Its Pharmacologic Management in the Patient With Bone Metastasis
Neal Slatkin, MD

Department of Supportive Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California

abstract full text 137 kb

Continuing Education

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CME/CE Post Test, Answer Sheet, and Evaluation

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