2025 UPMC East Cancer Symposium

September 26, 2025

To provide primary care practitioners with evidence-based updates on current trends in screening, treating, managing and preventing various cancers.

Target Audience

Primary Care Practitioners and other healthcare providers caring for patients with or at risk for malignancies.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this conference the participant should be able to:
•    Integrate new evidence into everyday clinical practice, thereby improving quality of care for patients.
•    Implement practice changes in a variety of management options for patients with prostate, colorectal, gynecological, breast and lung malignancies including            radiation, chemotherapy, and surgical/robotic assisted treatment modalities.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/22/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Event starts: 
09/26/2025 - 7:30am EDT
Event ends: 
09/26/2025 - 12:45pm EDT
UPMC East Conference Center
Monroeville, PA
United States

Faculty Disclosure:

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated

Omar Awais- consultant with Pinnacle Biologics, Inc.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing  healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 Attendance
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