Colon Cancer Insights: Screenings and Risk Factors
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Target Audience
This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers.
Statement of Need
This podcast will discuss the latest guidelines as related to the screening for colorectal cancer (CRC); it will address the types of screenings and indications. Additionally, the progression of CRC will be discussed as well as risk factors. In that CRC is the third most common cancer (not including skin cancer), it is important for providers to be aware of the latest screening guidelines and recommendations for optimal patient care.
Objectives
Moderator
Joseph Flynn, D.O., MPH, FACP
Chief Administrative Officer
Norton Medical Group
Louisville, Kentucky
Physician-in-chief
Norton Cancer Institute
Louisville, Kentucky
Speaker
William B. Evans, III, M.D., MSc, FASGE
Gastroenterologist
Norton Gastroenterology Consultants
Louisville, Kentucky
Moderator, Speaker and Planner Disclosures
The planners, moderator and speaker of this activity do not have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Commercial Support
There was no commercial support for this activity.
Physician Credits
Accreditation
Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
Norton Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credits
Norton Healthcare Institute for Education and Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This continuing professional development activity has been approved for 0.75 ANCC CE contact hours.
In order for nursing participants to obtain credits, they must claim attendance by attesting to the number of hours in attendance. For more information related to nursing credits, contact Sally Sturgeon, DNP, RN, SANE-A, AFN-BC at (502) 446-5889 or sally.sturgeon@nortonhealthcare.org.
Resources for Additional Study/References
Changing colon cancer screening guidelines to age 45: Has it made a difference?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38981796/
Colon Cancer Screening
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32644490/
Date of Original Release | March 2025; Information is current as of the time of recording.
Course Termination Date | March 2028
Contact Information | Center for Continuing Medical Education; (502) 446-5955 or cme@nortonhealthcare.org
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