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Understanding Treatment-Related Skin Toxicity: Practical Tips to Cope with Rash, Dry/Itchy/Peeling Skin and Nail Changes
Topics Covered
- Skin Toxicity - How Cancer Treatments Affect Your Skin
- The Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Skin Changes & Irritation
- Practical Tips to Manage Rash, Dry/Itchy/Peeling Skin & Nail Changes
- Sun Safety Tips During Cancer Treatments
- When to Call Your Health Care Team about Skin Toxicity
- The Role of Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Your Treatment Options
- The Importance of Communicating with Your Health Care Team: Key Questions to Ask
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- How to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
Our Panel of Experts
Stewart B. Fleishman, MD
Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, now part of the Mt. Sinai Health System, Author, Researcher in Oncology
Allireza Ahmed Alloo, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Director, Program in Cutaneous Chemotoxicties, Northwell/R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center
Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW
Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare
Continuing Education Credits
(Live Only)
Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.
Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.
Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).
To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.
Brochure
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