Release Date: February 17, 2016
Expiration Date: February 17, 2017

Expected time to complete this activity as designed: 15 minutes
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online activity.

Program Overview

To mark ASCO’s 50th anniversary, the cancer community was called upon to help select the five most pivotal clinical cancer research advances since the organization was established, and the development of curative systemic treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma ranked first among them. The high expectation of cure greater than 80% with initial therapy, even for advanced disease, belies some well-recognized limitations which have remained. Among these, not all patients are cured; 10% of patients will not achieve a complete remission and 20–30% of patients who initially responded will experience a relapse. After the passing of several decades since the introduction of curative conventional cytoxic treatments where a variety of ways of combining these treatments with or without radiotherapy yielded no significant improvement to patient outcomes, progress is once again being made with the application of functional imaging with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to make an early judgment of the success of treatment and the introduction of some highly active new agents such as antibody-drug conjugates. Join Robert Chen, MD, of the Department of Hematology/HCT at the City of Hope Medical Center for a discussion regarding the latest strategies for salvage therapy at relapse in Hodgkin lymphoma.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, and other health care professionals who have an interest in enhancing their clinical skills in Hodgkin lymphoma.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Outline current standards for salvage therapies at relapse after first-line therapy, prior to high-dose marrow-ablative chemotherapy and autologous SCT
• Identify the rationale behind increasing the fraction of PET-negative metabolic CR patients prior to ASCT

Agenda

Aiming for a Higher Cure Rate: Strategies for Salvage Treatment at Relapse in HL – Robert W. Chen, MD

Instructions for Participation and Credit

This activity is eligible for credit through February 17, 2017. After this date, this activity will expire and no further credit will be awarded.

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Faculty Biography

Robert W. Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Hematology
& Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
City of Hope
Duarte, California

Dr. Robert Chen received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and his hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Chen is an assistant professor and staff physician in the Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope (COH) in Duarte, California

At COH, Dr. Chen is also the co-leader of the lymphoma disease and early phase therapeutic disease teams; associate director, phase I/II trials in malignant hematology; and associate director of phase I/II trials in malignant hematology. In addition, he is an NCCN Hodgkin lymphoma panel member, on the SWOG lymphoma working group, and is associate chair, Cedar Park Regional Medical Center (CPRMC). Dr. Chen holds memberships in the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, and the Rocky Mountain Oncology Society (Colorado), among others. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood, Biology of Bone and Marrow Transplantation, Oncogene, Plos, Leukemia Research, Lymphoma and Leukemia, Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma, as well as the American Society of Hematology.

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Faculty Disclosure

Dr. Robert Chen has received honoraria related to speakers’ bureau activities from Seattle Genetics, Inc., Takeda Oncology, and Genentech, Inc., as well as consultant fees from Merck & Co., Inc. and Seattle Genetics. He has received grant support related to research activities from Merck, Pharmacyclics, Inc., Seattle Genetics, and Takeda Oncology.

Planning Committee Disclosures

The individuals listed below from MediCom Worldwide, Inc. reported the following for this activity: Joan Meyer, RN, MHA, executive director, and Eugene R. Tombler, PhD, FACME, medical director, oncology, have no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer Disclosure

In accordance with MediCom Worldwide, Inc. policy, all content is reviewed by external independent peer reviewers for balance, objectivity and commercial bias. The peer reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Off-Label Disclosures/Investigational Disclosures

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, attendees/participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.

Dr. Chen has indicated that he does intend to discuss off-label uses of drugs, mechanical devices, biologics or diagnostics approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the US.

Dr. Chen has indicated that he does intend to discuss investigational drugs, mechanical devices, biologics or diagnostics not approved by the FDA for use in the US. Dr. Robert Chen has disclosed relevant financial relationships.

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