CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physicians’ Education Resource® (PER®), a leading resource for continuing medical education (CME), will conduct a CME-accredited satellite symposium, Optimizing Care in the Era of an Expanding Armamentarium for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, adjunct to the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium. The event will take place Thursday, Jan. 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. PST in ballrooms A and B of the InterContinental San Francisco in California.
“We are so excited to present our satellite symposium at this year’s ASCO GI Symposium,” said Phil Talamo, president of PER®. “The program will feature HCC experts presenting new clinical evidence to help attendees make decisions on selecting the best therapies to optimize patient outcomes, as multiple new agents have shown to be effective in treating HCC.”
This interactive, case-based symposium on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) will be chaired by Alan P. Venook, M.D., FASCO, Madden family distinguished professor of medical oncology and translational research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Shorenstein associate director for program development at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Venook will be joined by a panel of renowned HCC experts who will provide nuanced insights into the most pressing clinical issues related to the management of patients with HCC.
This live activity is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. For more information and to register, click here.
About Physicians’ Education Resource® (PER®)
Since 1995, PER® has been dedicated to advancing cancer care through professional education and now furthers patient care and treatment strategies on a wide variety of chronic illnesses and diseases. In 2016, PER® initiated CME programming in the cardiovascular and endocrinology areas. While continuing to expand into topics outside of oncology, PER® remains the leading provider of live, online and print CME activities related to oncology and hematology. The high-quality, evidence-based activities feature leading distinguished experts who focus on the application of practice-changing advances. PER® is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the California Board of Registered Nursing. PER® is part of the Cranbury, New Jersey-based MJH Associates Inc. family of businesses. Learn more at http://www.gotoper.com and http://www.mjhassoc.com.
