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Cancer Updates

Free satellite broadcast, July 20, 2006 (9-10 am ET)

Speakers:
Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Brad Hutton, MPH
Director
Cancer Services Program
New York State Department of Health

This broadcast will present advances in the prevention, detection and treatment of breast, skin, cervical and colorectal cancer. Also, Mr. Hutton will describe the results of recent clinical trials that may help clinicians provide individualized treatments that are more effective and have fewer side effects. In addition, Dr. Lichtveld will discuss cancer core competencies aimed at creating surge capacity in the general health professions workforce.

School of Public Health, University at Albany, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

These activities have been assigned code 6VKSFE-PRV-06-004 and has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.