Recent continuing medical education (CME) programs, conference coverage and expert interviews from Medscape

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Continuing medical education (CME) for doctors is an excellent resource for patients and families to learn about emerging treatments and about best available "standard of care."  These websites are one important way for oncologists and other physicians to stay current with the research, to read about the latest studies presented at scientific meetings, and to learn what experts in the field have to say about treatment.  You may want to keep a good medical dictionary open in a separate browzer window so that you can refer to it.

• 2008 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium (BCS) -  September 5 - 7, 2008, Washington, DC 
• ASCO 2008: Breast Cancer CME  - May 30 - June 3, 2008, Chicago, Illinois 
• Oncology Insights: 2008 Annual ASCO Meeting Highlights Edition CME  - May 30 - June 3, 2008, Chicago, Illinois 
• SABCS 2007: Improving Outcomes in Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer CME  - December 13 - 16, 2007, San Antonio, Texas
• Current Front-line Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer -  Kathy D. Miller, MD
• Emerging Options for Treatment-Refractory Advanced Breast Cancer - Lawrence N. Shulman, MD; Erica L. Mayer, MD
• Optimizing Treatment of "Triple-Negative" Breast Cancer -  Eric P. Winer, MD; Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH
• Refining First-line Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer CME -  Hope S. Rugo, MD; Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD; Maura Dickler, MD
• Emerging Treatment Strategies for Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer  - Linda Vahdat. MD 
• Novel Drug Combinations for Advanced Breast Cancer  - William J. Gradishar, MD
• New Drugs and Treatment Approaches for Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer  - Dr. Andrew D Seidman

Treatment Updates

• Medical Update for Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer  (Slides and Transcript from LBBC Conference at LBBC.org)

• Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Research and Treatment Update  (Audio from LBBC.org)

• Living With Advanced Breast Cancer: New Treatment Approaches and Coping Strategies  (Audio from LBBC.org

• Medical and Quality-of-Life Updates from the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology  (Audio from LBBC.org)

• Breaking News: Updates from the 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (Audio from LBBC.org)
• Making Sense of the Research Pipeline for Advanced Breast Cancer  (From LBBC.org)
• Medical Update:What We Know, What We Need to Learn (From LBBC.org)

Chemotherapy

• Chemotherapeutic Strategies for Advanced Breast Cancer (From The Oncologist, 2007)

• Trastuzumab in combination with metronomic cyclophosphamide and methotrexate in patients with HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer  (BioMedCentral Cancer, 2006)

• Antiangiogenic Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer (From CancerNetwork.com, 2007

Hormonal therapy

• Hormonal Therapy: Current Status in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer (From CancerNetwork.com, 2007)
• Clinical benefit of fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer (Annals of Oncology, 2007)

Localized Treatment of Metastases:

• Liver Cancer Network  (Focalized treatment of  cancer in the liver, whether primary liver cancer or metastases, including: surgery, cryosurgery, chemoembolization, ethanol injection, radiotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and other options).

• How Is Bone Metastasis Treated? (From the American Cancer Society)
• Malignant Pleural Effusion (Accumulation of fluid compressing the lungs, causing shortness of breath, from the National Cancer Institute’s PDQ)
• BrainMetsBC.org  (Our comprehensive website on the diagnosis and treatment of brain and other central nervous system metastases)

Supportive Care, Symptoms and Side-Effects

• Understanding Symptom and Side-Effect Management  (From LBBC.org)

• Antiemetic Care for Patients With Breast Cancer: Focus on Drug Interactions and Safety Concerns  (From Medscape)

• Cancer-Related Fatigue: The Scale of the Problem (From The Oncologist, 2007)

• Cancer-Related Fatigue: Causes, Consequences, and Management (From The Oncologist, 2007)

• Supportive Care: More Than Just Treating Cancer  (From CancerNetwork.com, 2007)

• American Dental Association: Osteonecrosis of the Jaw

• Systematic Review: Bisphosphonates and Osteonecrosis of the Jaws  (Review from Annals of Internal Medicine)

• Getting Relief: Pain Management Strategies for Women Affected by Breast Cancer (Audio from LBBC.org

• Understanding Pain Management and Palliative Care: for Young Women with Advanced Breast Cancer (From LBBC.org)

• Coping with Advanced Breast Cancer: Long-term Strategies for Managing Anxiety (From LBBC.org)

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive and Palliative Care  (From the National Cancer Institute at Cancer.gov)