Course Overview

Overview of Immunotherapy in Cancer

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. List the different types of immunotherapy and its therapeutic agents.
2. Describe the mechanism of immune checkpoint inhibitors.
3. Discuss the administration of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.
4. Describe the adverse events of high dose interleukin 2 therapy and discharge patient counseling.
5. List the major advantage and disadvantage of sipuleucel-T therapy.
6. Describe the administration of talimogene laherparepvec therapy.
7. Discuss the future of immunotherapy.

Fees:
No charge for NPTA CE+/Elite Members.
$10 for NPTA Insiders/Non-members.

Faculty: text

Contact Hour(s): 2.0

Activity Type: Knowledge-Based

Activity Format: On-Demand Home Study

Target Audience: Certified Pharmacy Technicians

ACPE UANs: 0384-9999-19-113-H04-T

Release Date: 09/13/2019
Expiration Date: 09/13/2022

CE Credit Requirements: To receive credit for this ON-DEMAND program, participants must complete the post-test with a passing score of 70%.

Disclosures: The CE faculty, reviewers and planning committee members have all reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program. This program received no commercial support and has been peer-reviewed to ensure non-commercialization.

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