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3/30/23 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - What your cancer patient wants you to know

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Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the current model of cancer biology
  • Explain the interaction among cancer and its therapies, patient physiology and anesthesia decisions
  • Develop a practical and personalized approach to the patient with cancer presenting for anesthesia care

Joint Accreditation Statement -Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements: & Suggested Additional Reading:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Sessler, Daniel I., and Bernhard Riedel. "Anesthesia and cancer recurrence: context for divergent study outcomes." Anesthesiology 130.1 (2019): 3-5.
  2. Yoo, Seokha, et al. "Total intravenous anesthesia versus inhalation anesthesia for breast cancer surgery: a retrospective cohort study." Anesthesiology 130.1 (2019): 31-40.
  3. Wigmore, Timothy J., Kabir Mohammed, and Shaman Jhanji. "Long-term survival for patients undergoing volatile versus IV anesthesia for cancer surgery: a retrospective analysis." Anesthesiology 124.1 (2016): 69-79.
  4. Lee, Zong Xuan, et al. "Effect of perioperative regional anesthesia on cancer recurrence: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials." International Journal of Surgery 82 (2020): 192-199.

Authors:
Kristin Kg Krauss, MD — Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Associate Vice Chair QA/PI, Department of Anesthesiology
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.