Annual Cancer Symposium: Managing the Health of your Patients with Cancer: Oncology Issues in Primary Care Those who care for patients with cancer extend far beyond the walls of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Primary care providers continue to treat patients with cancer—as do other medical professionals pharmacists, pulmonologists, therapists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. To provide current information and vigorous discussion for all providers who care for those with cancer, Augusta Health’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, in collaboration with Duke Health, presents an annual educational symposium. This year’s symposium, Managing the Health of your Patients with Cancer: Oncology Issues in Primary Care, was held October 17. The symposium was accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The well-attended session included a robust agenda for primary caregivers from all disciplines: • Smoking Cessation: It’s Not Just a Hotline James Davis, MD • When Obesity Hinders Cancer Care Kelvin Raybon, MD (pictured below) • Factoring Family History into Screening for Cancer Donna Markey, ANCP-cs • What’s Up with Elevated PSAs William Jones, III, MD Cancer Symposium presenters • Incidental Lung Nodules: Is it a Mountain or a Mole Hill? Rebecca Dameron, MD (pictured at left) • Non-Surgical Management of Common Skin Cancers Robert Kyler, MD • Managing Cancer Pain in the Face of an Opioid Crisis Naheed Velji, MD 12 AUGUSTA HEALTH • CANCER PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT 2019
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