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Last Modified 3/1/2021

Activity:

Signal Transduction Inhibitors in Melanoma: NOT One-Size-Fits All

CME Course Duration:

Start Date: March 2009
End Date: March 2010

Speaker:
Keith T. Flaherty, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA



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Target Audience

This activity is directed toward surgical oncologists, general surgeons, oncology nurses, medical oncologists, dermatologists, and other healthcare professionals who treat or screen for melanoma.

Educational Objective

Summarize defects in signal transduction pathways that contribute to the pathogenesis of melanoma

Evaluate strategies involved in molecularly-targeted therapies for melanoma

Faculty Disclosure Statement

Dr. Keith T. Flaherty has disclosed he serves as a consultant to Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Plexxikon, Chiron, Astra Zaneca, Schering-Plough Corporation, and Genentech.

This CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual faculty for each case and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of the editors, the advisory board, the publishing staff, Paradigm Medical Communications, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or affiliates, or University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Reasonable efforts have been taken to present educational subject matter in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each activity participant must always use his or her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions, including without limitation, FDA-approved uses, and any off-label uses.

Last Modified 3/1/2021