Pancreas Symposium

Needs Statement

Clinicians require up‑to‑date, evidence‑based education on the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer to improve timely detection, treatment selection, and overall patient outcomes. Advances in diagnostic tools, surgical techniques, and multimodal treatment strategies—including neoadjuvant, adjuvant, systemic, and targeted therapies—continue to evolve rapidly, creating a critical need for clinicians to strengthen their knowledge and confidence in applying these approaches in practice. Additionally, optimal care for patients with suspected or confirmed pancreatic cancer depends on effective collaboration among multidisciplinary teams spanning oncology, surgery, gastroenterology, radiology, pathology, and supportive care. This course will address these gaps by equipping learners to identify current diagnostic modalities, describe evidence‑based and emerging treatment strategies, and understand the essential role of coordinated multidisciplinary care in improving treatment planning, care coordination, and patient outcomes.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

• Identify and describe at least three current diagnostic tools and two evidence-based management strategies used in the evaluation and treatment of pancreatic cancer.
• Explain two emerging systemic or targeted therapies for pancreatic cancer and their potential clinical impact on treatment selection and patient outcomes.
• Summarize the role of multidisciplinary care teams in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing management of patients with pancreatic cancer, and their impact on treatment optimization and patient outcomes.

Target Audience

Competencies

• Employ Evidence-Based Practice
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Medical Knowledge
• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
• Professionalism
• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Systems-Based Practice
• Utilize Informatics
• Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice
• Work in Interdisciplinary Teams

Accreditation/Credit Designation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Baylor College of Medicine and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Policy

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.