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Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center
Primary Care and the Oncology Patient:
From Prevention to End-of-Life Care
March 22nd, 2013
Agenda
This draft agenda indicates the topic of each speaker’s presentation, and not necessarily the
title of that presentation. Presentation titles and objectives will be updated as information is
submitted from the speakers.
8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
Registration and continental
breakfast
8:50 AM – 9:00 AM
Welcome
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Oral Cancer: What Every Physician
Should Know
Charles E. “Bud” Conklin, DDS
Section Chief, Carilion Dental Care,
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Learning Objectives
As a result of participating
in this activity the learner
will be able to…
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Prostate cancer symptoms, screening
recommendations, staging, and treatment
options
Bernard Tisdale, MD
Nancy Huff, MD
Eric Sacknoff, MD, FACS
Chief, Urologic Services,
Smyth County Community Hospital,
Marion, VA
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Relate to the
importance of a
physician focused oral
exam
Name the three clinical
anatomical areas
addressed in the oral
exam
Identify the physicians’
role and impact in early
diagnosis of oral cancer
Develop clinical
recognition skill sets
that support
identification of oral
pathology that leads to
differential or definitive
diagnosis
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Screening recommendations for breast,
ovarian, colorectal, skin, cervical cancer,
with a discussion about screening for lung
cancer
Janet Reynolds,
Mission Delivery Director,
South Atlantic Division, Inc.
American Cancer Society
12:15 PM – 12:30 AM
Break to pick up lunch
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
GYN Cancers: What the Primary Care
Provider Should Know and Look For
Mark Doherty, MD
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
After the Treatment: Long Term Care
for the Cancer Survivor
Mary Hackney, MD, FACP
Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Massey Cancer Center
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2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45-3:45
Palliative Care: Providing Comfort and 
Support Before, During, and After
Therapy
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John Turski, III, DO
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3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Evaluation and wrap-up
Explain the use of care
plans
Describe some of the
long-term impacts of
chemotherapy,
particularly on fertility,
cardiac systems, and
pulmonary systems
Describe the meaning
and scope of palliative
care
Use basic principles to
manage pain and
unpleasant non-pain
symptoms
Deliver palliative care
and enable your
patients to access
additional services