Cancer Day For Primary Care 2019

Cancer Day for Primary Care is a biennial full day education symposium dedicated to topics at the interface of primary care and oncology.  This year, topics will focus on Immunotherapy and will include lectures, panel presentations, and interactive discussions to provide attendees with practical and relevant information about the application of immunotherapies in cancer treatment, the management of immune related Adverse Events, and the current and future directions for this burgeoning area.

Objectives

• Describe how immunotherapy has changed the cancer treatment landscape.
• Describe the basic science of cancer immunotherapy.
• Describe the types of immunotherapy currently used in the clinics
• Demonstrate the management of immune-related toxicities

This event is available via MBTelehealth sites throughout Winnipeg and Manitoba. Please check your site for availability and reserve prior to registering.

Registration Fee to attend live at the Bannatyne Campus or via MBTelehealth sites:

Physician: $150

Other Health Care Professional: $90

UPCON/CCP/CCMB Clinic Staff: $0

Livestream:

The conference will be available to paid registrants via livestream.  At Checkout you will be asked to indicate whether you will attend live at the Bannatyne Campus or via livestream from your electronic device.

Registrants will receive connection information via email the day before the event.

Agenda

0800 – Registration

0830 – Welcome and Introduction – Sri Navaratnam

0840 – Release the Hounds: How Does Immunotherapy Work against Cancer?– Ralph Wong

0910 – Who Responds to Immunotherapy – Shantanu Banerji

0950 – BREAK

1000 –  Immunotherapy for the treatment of Lung Cancer – Craig Harlos

1020 –  Immunotherapy for the treatment of GU Cancer – Jeff Graham

1050 – Immunotherapy for Hematologic Malignancies  – Craig Speziali

1130 – What is CAR-T and is it Replacing Bone Marrow Transplant – Matthew Seftel

1150 – LUNCH

1250 – Panel Presentation on Toxicity of Immunotherapy: Endocrine immune-related adverse events – Joel Gingerich, Stephen Ying, Isanne Schacter

1330 – Panel Presentation on Toxicity of Immunotherapy: Pulmonary Immune-related adverse events – David Dawe, China-Li Hillman, Jackie Dirks

1410 – BREAK

1420 – Toxicity of Immunotherapy – Dermatology– Marni Wiseman

1435 –Panel Presentation on Toxicity of Immunotherapy: GI Immune-related adverse events – Benji Goldenberg, Charles Bernstein, Chris Linquist

1515 – Who Ya Gonna Call? Toxicities and Challenges with Immunotherapy in Community – Harsahil Singh

1545 – Vaccination of Patients Receiving Depletional or Augmentational Immunotherapy for Cancer – Eric Bow

1600 – Closing Remarks

Download a printable agenda here.

Study Credits:

This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 6.0 Mainpro+ credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended.
The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME)