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Gynecologic pre-cancer and cancer: What to do before you refer
Presenter: Laura Huffman, MD
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Knowledge Gap: 
The purpose of this activity is to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on
Gynecologic pre-cancer and cancer: What to do before you refer? 

Target Audience
The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about 
Gynecologic pre-cancer and cancer: What to do before you refer? and how it pertains to their respective profession.

Release and Expiration Dates
5/1/2018 -5/1/2021

Objectives
  1. Define pap screening recommendations and the management of high grade pap smears, high grade cervical dysplasia, and cervical cancer 
  2. Discuss the differential diagnosis and work up of postmenopausal bleeding and review the management of endometrial hyperplasia and cancer 
  3. Explain the work up and management of adnexal masses
References:
  1. NIH SEER Cancer Stat Facts: Cervical Cancer https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/cervix.html 
  2. Inginga RP et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;191(1):105 Diagnoses and outcomes in cervical cancer screening: a population based study.
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Cervical Cancer Rates by State https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/statistics/state.htm
  4. http://www.asccp.org/asccp-guidelines
  5. ACOG Practice Bulletin #140. 2013
  6. www.seer.cancer.gov
  7. ACOG & SGO Practice Bulletin #149, 2015 Endometrial Cancer
  8. ACOG Committee Opinion #734 May 2018
  9. Trimble CL et al. Cancer. 2006; 812-9.
  10. Ambros et al. Hum Pathol. 1995; 1260-7.
  11. ACOG Practice Bulletin #174. Evaluation and Management of Adnexal Masses. 2016

Biographical Info

Laura Huffman, MD  
Dr. Huffman is a fellowship-trained gynecologic oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and serves as an assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine.

Her medical specialties include the treatment of women with gynecologic cancer including the surgical and chemotherapeutic management of ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancers.

Her research interests focus on the treatment of gynecologic cancers and sexual health in women cancer survivors.

Huffman received her medical degree from UAMS prior to serving her residency at The Ohio State University-Mount Carmel Health in Columbus, Ohio. She completed her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Society of Gynecologic Oncology.

Speaker Disclosures:
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Planners: 
Kim Miller  
Susan Smith Dodson

Speaker:
Laura Huffman, MD  

Peer Reviewers: 
Kim Miller, MCHES


Instructions to obtain credit:

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2.       View the entire activity online 
3.       Complete the post-test 
           (must pass the post-test with a score of 65% to receive credit)
           You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
4.       Complete Evaluation 
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Direct Provider Statement
In support of improving patient care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 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.

Designation Statement 
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science Office of Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Arkansas for Medical sciences designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation materials.

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Credits
1 Hours> Non-Accredited

1 Credits> Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education> AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

1 Contact Hours> American Nurses Credentialing Center> ANCC

1 CECH, 1 CECH> National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. > CHES