Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Expert Perspectives on Treatment and Emerging Therapies


Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Expert Perspectives on Treatment and Emerging Therapies


Release Date: June 24, 2020 
Last Reviewed: June 15, 2020
Expiration Date: June 24, 2021
Time to Complete Activity:  1.0 hours

*This activity expired for credit on June 24, 2021 and is no longer available for credit

Faculty

Steering Committee 
Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD

Winthrop Rockefeller Chair in Medical Oncology
Section Head, Hepatopancreaticobiliary and Neuroendocrine Cancers
Associate Director, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Zev A. Wainberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Co-Director, GI Oncology 
Director, Early Phase Clinical Research Program
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Contributing Faculty
Christopher H. Crane, MD

Vice Chairman and Attending
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Mark Schattner, MD, FASGE, AGAF
Chief, Gastroenterology, Nutrition, and Hepatology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weil Cornell College of Medicine
New York, NY

Alice C. Wei, MD, MSc
Associate Attending Surgeon 
Hepatopancreatobiliary Service
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
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Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of oncology physicians and advanced practitioners practicing in community and academic settings. It will also be of benefit to oncology nurses, pathologists, interventional radiologists, residents, fellows, and other clinicians who treat patients with pancreatic cancer.

Learning Objectives
Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

  • Incorporate guideline-recommended diagnostic and pathologic tests for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer
  • Apply the latest clinical trial data and current guidelines to optimally select treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer
  • Review the latest data for emerging treatments of metastatic pancreatic cancer, and the potential benefits for patients enrolled in trials of these therapies
Agenda
  • Introduction
  • Guideline-Recommended Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
  • Emerging Regimens for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
  • Conclusions and Q&A
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This activity is supported by educational grants from Celgene Corporation, Erytech, and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Steering Committee
Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD

Grant/Research Support (Self): ActaBiologica; Agios, Inc; Array BioPharma; AstraZeneca, Bayer HealthCare; BeiGene; 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Casi Pharmaceuticals Inc; Celgene Corporation; Exelixis, Inc; Genentech, Inc; Mabvax Therapeutics, Inc; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Polaris Pharmaceuticals; Puma Biotechnology, Inc; 
QED Therapeutics; Roche 
Grant/Research Support (Spouse): ActaBiologica; Agios, Inc; Array BioPharma; AstraZeneca, Bayer HealthCare; BeiGene; 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Casi Pharmaceuticals Inc; Celgene Corporation; Exelixis, Inc; Genentech, Inc; Mabvax Therapeutics, Inc; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Polaris Pharmaceuticals; Puma Biotechnology, Inc; 
QED Therapeutics; Roche 
Retained Consultant (Self): AstraZeneca, Celgene Corporation; CytomX Therapeutics, Inc; Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Co, Inc; Pfizer Inc; Polaris Pharmaceuticals; Silenseed LTD; Sobi; Targovax 
Retained Consultant (Spouse): Agios, Inc; AstraZeneca, Bayer HealthCare; BeiGene; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Celgene Corporation; Debiopharm Group; Eisai; Eli Lilly and Company; Exelixis, Inc; Flatiron; Genoscience Pharma; Incyte; Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc; LAM Inc; Merck & Co, Inc; MINAPHARM Pharmaceuticals; QED Therapeutics; Redhill; 
sanofi-aventis US LLC; SillaJen, Inc; Vicus Therapeutics, LLC; Yiviva 

Zev Wainberg, MD
Grant/Research Support: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eli Lilly and Company; Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc; 
Merck & Co, Inc; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 
Retained Consultant: Bayer HealthCare; Eli Lilly and Company; Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Co, Inc

Contributing Faculty
Christopher H. Crane, MD

No financial relationships to disclose.

Mark Schattner, MD, FASGE, AGAF
Retained Consultant: Boston Scientific

Alice C. Wei, MD, MSc
Other (Travel Fees): Bayer Pharmaceuticals; Intuitive Pharma

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