How to Make Informed Choices About Standard Care & Clinical Trials - RSVP

(Registration opens at 5:30 pm)

RSVP: Please contact Meg Boyko at 314-590-2239 or visit www.LLS.org/gat to register for the program. Pre-registration for this FREE program is required.

Please join The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Cancer Support Community for a patient education program, "How to Make Informed Choices About Standard Care & Clinical Trials" - RSVP

SPEAKER: Jack M. Lionberger, MD, PhD Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology

Topics covered in this presentation:

• Steps to take to help you make treatment decisions
• Questions to ask about benefits and risks of standard treatments and treatments under study in clinical trials 
• How new blood cancer treatments are developed and approved
• How to sort out the myths from the facts about clinical trials
•  How to locate clinical trials that may be right for you
•  How The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Cancer Support Community can help

Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society under provider number CEP 5832 to award 2.0 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), provider number 1105, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org Approved Continuing Education Program (ACE). Approval Period: 12/2011-12/2014. LLS maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers will receive 2.0 CE (1.50 clinical and .50 social work ethics) clock hours.

Upon completion of this program and submission of the activity evaluation, a certificate of completion will be issued to you [PSM's select one of the following methods for administering CE Certificates following the program via e-mail within 30 days.