Cancer Control Journal Vol 3, No 3, CME Pretest

This Journal provides 4 hours of Category I Continuing Medical Education

Complimentary CME Credits

Physicans can earn up to 4 credit hours of Category I for the Physican's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association by reading the material in this issue and successfully answering the questions on the posttest at the end of this issue. Complete instructions are given on the posttest pages. Every successfully answered 10 questions will earn 1 credit hour. CME is presented by an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Oncology Division.

Educational Objectives

After reading this issue, clinicians will be expected to:

• Understand the philosophy and goals of palliative and hospice care and barriers to their access
• Be familiar with instruments to assess quality of life in cancer patients
• Recognize the biologic, psychologic and social processes that influence suffering
• Effectively control symptoms associated with terminal cancer and chemotherapy regimens
• Be aware of the clinical and pathologic features of bilateral and multifocal breast cancer
• Better understand ethical issues facing today's physicians

This program was planned in accordance with ACCME Essentials.
Release Date: June 15, 1996 Expiration Date: June 15, 1997

Pretest

1. What symptom is most common in patients with advanced cancer at the time of referral to hospice care?

a. pain

b. fatigue

c. weakness

d. anorexia

2. Anxiety in patients with terminal illness is managed most effectively by:

a. simple reassurance

b. in-depth counseling

c. use of psychotropic medications

d. treatment with morphine sulphate

3. Histologic, immunologic, and genetic studies suggest that multifocal breast cancers most often represent:

a. synchronous independent primaries

b. intramammary spread

c. artifacts from specimen preparation

d. metastases from the contralateral breast