Recent Updates in Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer
Continuing Education Information
For Continuing Education credit you must read this page.Release date: May 10, 2021
Expiration date: May 10, 2023
Target Audience: This activity has been designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals, specifically medical laboratory scientists.
P.A.C.E.® approved programs are accepted by the ASCP-BOC for recertification, and for license renewal in all licensure states except Florida.
Florida has additional requirements for continuing education that are managed by CE Broker at the direction of the Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
Objectives:
- Discuss role of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLBX) in oral cavity cancer
- Recognize the importance of depth of invasion (DOI) in new staging system
- Recognize the importance of extranodal extension (ENE) in the new staging system
- Discuss the importance of HPV status in oropharyngeal cancer staging
- Recognize the drastic difference in overall stage in HPV (+) tumors
- Discuss different treatment options for oropharyngeal cancer
Estimated Completion Time (including post-test): 51m
Method of Participation: To receive a statement of credit, you must:
- Watch the video in its entirety
- Successfully complete the video post-test (80% or higher)
- Submit certificate completion information
- Receive the course evaluation
NO FEE is associated with this continuing education activity. All CE credit granted on this website (arup.utah.edu) is provided as a service to medical laboratory professionals as part of the academic mission of the University of Utah’s Department of Pathology and ARUP Laboratories. After completing the post-test and submitting your information where prompted, a certificate will be generated and available for printing or saving.
P.A.C.E.® Accreditation: The program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour(s) through ARUP Laboratories, which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (ASCLS) P.A.C.E.® Program.
CE Broker Accreditation: The program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour(s) through ARUP Laboratories, which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by CE Broker at the direction of the Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel. Submissions for Florida Credit are reported to CE Broker on your behalf on a monthly basis.
Course Director: Yifei Yang, PhD, DABCC
Faculty:
Luke O. Buchmann, MD
Disclosure: None of the faculty or planners or anyone in control of content for this continuing medical education activity have any relevant financial relationships since the content does not cover any products/services of a commercial interest; therefore, there are no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
References: Individual courses will provide explanations and references for the content covered by the quiz section of the course. Additional references are available at aruplab.com and arupconsult.com.


