Physicians: Educational Symposia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Educational Symposia designates this enduring material for a maximum of 19.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All activity participants are required to take a written or online test in order to be awarded credit. All course participants will also have the opportunity to critically evaluate the program as it relates to practice relevance and educational objectives.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM for these programs may be claimed until January 14, 2024.
This CME activity was planned and produced by Educational Symposia, the leader in continuing medical education since 1975.
This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Elements.
At the completion of this CME activity, subscribers should be able to:
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Develop an approach to common morphologic patterns seen in soft tissue tumors.
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Discuss the ancillary diagnostic approach to difficult soft tissue tumors including immunohistochemistry, molecular, and genetic diagnostic tests.
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Discuss bone-forming and cartilage-forming soft tissue tumors, as well as sarcomas that may occasionally produce matrix.
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Discuss the differential diagnosis of a spindle cell sarcoma with herringbone/fascicular growth.
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Develop an integrated approach to the most common bone tumors seen by practicing pathologists.
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Explain ancillary diagnostic techniques including immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics in the approach to difficult soft tissue tumors.
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Describe the most important diagnostic clues in arriving at a specific diagnosis in the most common patterns seen in soft tissue tumor.
No special educational preparation is required for this CME activity
Professor
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Staff Pathologist
Cleveland Clinic, Department of Anatomic Pathology
Cleveland, OH
Vice-Chair for Anatomic Pathology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Chief of Onco-Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Associate Professor
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN
Chairman, Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director, Surgical Pathology Unit
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Director of Surgical Pathology
Director, Immunohistochemistry Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Professor of Pathology & Dermatology
Director Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology
Fellowship
Dermatopathology/Soft Tissue & Bone Pathology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Staff Pathologist
Department of Pathology
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH