📦 Format & Details
🎯 Target Audience
This course is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the acute care of oncology patients, including:
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Physicians
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Physician Assistants
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Nurse Practitioners
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Registered Nurses
Especially valuable for clinicians managing cancer patients in emergency and critical care settings.
🏥 Specialties Covered
📝 Course Overview
Over the past decade, oncologic emergencies have become increasingly complex due to rapid advances in cancer therapies. Traditional chemotherapy complications remain common, while newer targeted and immunotherapies have introduced new, challenging emergency presentations.
Because specialized cancer emergency departments are limited, oncology patients are frequently mis-triaged or under-treated in general emergency settings.
Now in its seventh year, this comprehensive course brings together leading multidisciplinary experts to provide practical, evidence-based guidance for managing both common and rare oncologic emergencies. The program includes high-yield lectures, interactive panel discussions, and post-course access to recorded sessions and a complete online syllabus.
📚 Course Topics
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Pain Control and Palliation in Cancer Patients
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Fever, Dyspnea, and Abdominal Pain in Oncology
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Central Nervous System Emergencies
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Urgent Radiation Therapy
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Stem Cell Transplant & Targeted Therapy Complications
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Hematologic Emergencies
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Interventional Radiology Emergencies
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Dermatologic Toxicities from Cancer Treatments
🎓 Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Identify common and high-risk emergency presentations in cancer patients
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Understand complications of current and emerging cancer therapies
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Recognize and manage time-sensitive oncologic emergencies effectively
🗓️ Program Highlights
Day 1 – Saturday
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Cancer Pain Crisis Management
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Hospice Initiation
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Neutropenic Fever & Resuscitation
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Cytokine Release Syndrome
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Bronchoscopic & Pleural Emergencies
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Cardiac Complications in Oncology
Day 2 – Sunday
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Malignant Bowel Obstruction
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Immunotherapy-Related Abdominal Emergencies
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Spinal Cord Compression & Leptomeningeal Disease
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Urgent Radiation Therapy
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Bone Marrow Transplant Complications
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Acute Leukemia & Thrombosis
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Interventional Radiology Emergencies
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Dermatologic Toxicities
⭐ Featured Faculty
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Christopher W. Baugh, MD, MBA, FACEP – Accelerating Hospice Initiation
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Syed S. Mahmood, MD – Cardiac Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatments