Launch Date
09/22/2025
Credit Amount
1
Credit Expires
09/22/2028
Lung cancer disproportionately affects many groups across the United States, including ethnic minorities and poor, rural, and military service individuals, with higher incidence and mortality rates. While there are many factors contributing to this observation, clinicians can address lung cancer inequities in their clinics by optimally utilizing biomarker testing, in order to provide the most effective treatments, and by identifying personal and systemic biases that reduce biomarker testing.
In this CME Outfitters BriefCase, expert faculty will use case examples to highlight the current clinical guidelines for biomarker testing and advise learners on addressing ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic barriers to optimal utilization of biomarker testing in lung cancer.
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to better:
Supported by an educational grant provided by Johnson & Johnson.
Oncologists (academic and community), physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), nurses, pharmacists, radiologists, other specialists involved in oncology care (front office staff, health care administrators, executives, support staff), and patients
In support of improving patient care, CME Outfitters, LLC, 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.
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This application-based activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours (0.01 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit (JA0007185-0000-25-080-H99-P).
This activity is designated for 1.0 contact hours.
California Residents: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15510, for 1.0 Contact Hours.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit for learning and change.
CME Outfitters, LLC, has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 09/22/2028. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Completion of this accredited CME activity meets the expectations of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program (IA_PSPA_28) for the Merit-based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and mitigated any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that these relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.
Dr. Peek reports no financial relationships to disclose.
Dr. Florez reports the following financial relationships:
Advisory Board: AstraZeneca; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; DSI InPharmatics; Genentech, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Natera; Novacure; Novartis; Nuvabiont; Pfizer Inc.; and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Consultant: AstraZeneca and Pfizer, Inc.
Grants: AstraZeneca; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; and Genentech, Inc.
The following individuals have no financial relationships to disclose:
Rebecca Vargas-Jackson, MD (Peer Reviewer)
Michael Franks, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC (Peer Reviewer)
Susan Perry (Planning Committee)
David Modrak, PhD (Planning Committee)
Scott J. Hershman, MD, FACEHP, CHCP (Planning Committee)
Sandra Caballero, PharmD (Planning Committee)
Sharon Tordoff (Planning Committee)
*All identified conflicts of interest have been mitigated.
Unlabeled Use Disclosure
Faculty of this CME/CE activity may include discussions of products or devices that are not currently labeled for use by the FDA. The faculty have been informed of their responsibility to disclose to the audience if they will be discussing off-label or investigational uses (any uses not approved by the FDA) of products or devices. CME Outfitters, LLC, the faculty, planners, and reviewers do not endorse the use of any product outside of the FDA labeled indications. Medical professionals should not utilize the procedures, products, or diagnosis techniques discussed during this activity without evaluation of their patient for contraindications or dangers of use.
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