Update on Follicular Lymphoma

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Follicular Lymphoma
• Treatment Options for Newly Diagnosed
• Treatment Options for Relapsed/Refractory Disease
• Clinical Trial Updates: How Research Increases Treatment Options
• New & Emerging Treatments
• Factors that May Affect Treatment Planning
• Side Effect Prevention & Management
• Tips to Improve Communicating with the Health Care Team
• The Importance of Health Care Communication
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
• Practical & Psychosocial Support to Cope with Follicular Lymphoma
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Sarah C. Rutherford, MD

John P. Leonard, MD/Gwirtzman Family Research Scholar in Lymphoma, Assistant Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

Reid W. Merryman, MD

Director, Follicular Lymphoma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Belita Cowan, MA

President, Lymphoma Foundation of America

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

You can download the brochure for this workshop