Overview
Leading the Way: Improving Breast Cancer Disparities for Minority Patients in Chicago Race, Ethnicity, and Breast Cancer: Treatment
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This activity was included in a series of workshops as part of a quality improvement program “Leading the Way: Improving Breast Cancer Disparities for Minority Patients in Chicago.” Led by Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, FACP, this initiative is studying the effectiveness of targeted interventions in improving breast cancer care for African American women treated in Cook County.
In this workshop, Dr. Nan Chen from the University of Chicago Medicine discusses the oncology, surgical, and radiation treatment experiences of white and Black women. Dr. Chen also reviews barriers, common misconceptions with breast cancer treatment, and interventions clinicians can employ to overcome racial disparities in breast cancer.
This activity is intended for clinical (oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiologists, oncology nurses, OB-GYNs, internal medicine physicians, NPs, PAs and technologists) and administrative teams (case managers, patient navigators, assistive personnel) who care for breast cancer patients.
Although Black women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer compared with white women, they are more likely to have aggressive subtypes and poor survival. Myriad of factors contribute to these disparities, such as the location of treatment, social determinants of health, and fears and misconceptions. The care team assisting these women should be familiar with interventions to overcome these disparities.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Discuss biological differences in breast cancer across different ethnic/racial groups, including tumor biology and genetic factors
• Describe disparities that negatively impact time to treatment
• Outline considerations in the selection of therapy and toxicity management across diverse populations of women with breast cancer
• Discuss biological differences in breast cancer across different ethnic/racial groups, including tumor biology and genetic factors
• Describe disparities that negatively impact time to treatment
• Outline considerations in the selection of therapy and toxicity management across diverse populations of women with breast cancer
• Biological differences
• Breast cancer subtypes and incidence in racial/ethnic populations
• Racial disparities in surgical oncologic treatment
• Racial disparities in radiation oncologic treatment
• Racial disparities in medical oncologic treatment
• Biomarker testing and precision medicine
• Barriers to treatment
• Breast cancer subtypes and incidence in racial/ethnic populations
• Racial disparities in surgical oncologic treatment
• Racial disparities in radiation oncologic treatment
• Racial disparities in medical oncologic treatment
• Biomarker testing and precision medicine
• Barriers to treatment
Sponsored by the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Chicago Center for Continuing Medical Education, University of Illinois Chicago Cancer Center and their Chicago Cancer Screening and Testing Access Coalition (CCSTAC), and the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL).
Supported by educational grants from Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca.
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2. Compatible with Windows PC and MAC (256 MB of RAM or higher)
3. Activity is best viewed on Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Safari 5.0 or higher and Firefox 29.0 or higher
4. Adobe Flash Player 12.0 (or higher). Click here to download Adobe Flash Player for free.
5. Adobe Reader to print certificate. Click here to download Adobe Reader for free.
6. Allow ActiveX controls to run on your computer: If the yellow strip appears on the top of your web browser while running the Webcast, right click on it and select Allow blocked contents to run.
Turn the Pop-up blocker off: On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Turn Off Pop-up Blocker
Chair
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FASCO
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Comprehensive Cancer Research Center
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Faculty
Nan Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires that the faculty participating in an accredited continuing education activity disclose all affiliations or other financial relationships (1) with the manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and (2) with any commercial supporters of the activity. All conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to this activity.
The following financial relationships have been provided:
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FASCO (Chair) is the co-founder of CancerIQ, on the Scientific Advisory Board for Tempus, Inc., and on the board of directors for 54gene and Healthwell Corporation.
The following financial relationships have been provided:
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FASCO (Chair) is the co-founder of CancerIQ, on the Scientific Advisory Board for Tempus, Inc., and on the board of directors for 54gene and Healthwell Corporation.
Nan Chen, MD, (Faculty)
No financial relationships to disclose
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