Breast and Prostate Cancer in Older Adults

October 1, 2008 — 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
UAMS, Education Bulding West, 115 A/B

This free video teleconference, jointly sponsored by the AGEC, the GRECC at CAVHS and the Reynolds Institute on Aging at UAMS, requires no participant pre-registration. Attendees to this VTC will receive 2 hours of CE credits.

For information regarding receiver sites, please call Sue at (501) 257-5543.

Objectives
At the completion of this 2-hour video teleconference attendees will be able to:

  1. List risk factors and prevention strategies for breast cancer.
  2. Summarize breast cancer treatment options.
  3. Explain pros and cons of prostate cancer screening in older men.
  4. Describe available treatment options for prostate cancer.

Tentative Schedule:

11:00 – 11:05
 Opening Remarks — Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA
11:05 – 11:50
 Breast Cancer in Older Adults –V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD
11:50 – 12:00
 Break
12:00 – 12:50
 Prostate Cancer Awareness for the Aging Arkansan –Graham F. Greene, MD, FACS
12:50 – 12:55
 Q&A
12:55 – 1:00
Closing remarks — Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA

Faculty:

Graham F. Greene, MD, is the Robert Woods Bass Chair in Urologic Oncology and Head of the Urologic Oncology Section of the Department of Urology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, AR.

V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD is the Chief of Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Program and the Director of Fellowship in Diseases of the Breast at UAMS and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) Little Rock, AR.


Target Audience: All health professionals and the interested lay public.