JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2001

Vol 8, No 1 CME Pretest

This Journal provides 4 hours of Category 1 Continuing Medical Education

Complimentary CME Credits

Physicians can earn 4 credit hours of Category 1 for the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association by reading the material in this issue and successfully answering the questions in the posttest at the end of this issue. Complete instructions are given on the posttest pages. Successfully answering 30 or more questions will earn 4 credit hours. CME is presented by an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Division.

Educational Objectives

After reading this issue of Cancer Control, clinicians will be expected to:

• enhance the physicians capability of treating pain effectively and providing palliative care,

• diagnose and manage myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia, and

• utilize HER2 testing to improve the care of patients with breast cancer.

This program was planned in accordance with ACCME Essentials.

Release Date: January 1, 2001
Expiration Date: January 1, 2002

1. Which route of administration is generally recommended by the World Health Organization recommend for relief of pain?

a. transdermal
b. rectal
c. subcutaneous
d. oral

2. The British and American hospice movement started as a:

a. grassroots movement
b. community/hospital endeavor
c. academic medicine program
d. government entitlement

3. Which of the following is not a component of the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) for myelodysplastic syndromes?

a. age at diagnosis
b. marrow blasts
c. karyotypic abnormalities
d. cytopenias