Empowering Breast Cancer Patients to Become Partners in Their Disease and How to Communicate Those Needs by Marnie McHale, RN, MS

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This continuing medical education (CME) program covers slides 1-24 of a more extensive presentation entitled "Patient Empowerment: Combining Patient Goals of Therapy With Treatment Options in Metastatic Breast Cancer." This program is available on the Medscape website at www.medscape.com/viewprogram/1919/. Please note that although expiration dates are common to CME programs, expired programs can still be accessed, and the value of the information in this program segment is still valid.

One part of this program is particularly relevant to the Skeletal Wellness website, as it addresses how patients with metastatic breast cancer can become partners in their disease management and how they can communicate their needs to health care providers. This process of patient empowerment benefits both patient and provider.

Medscape is an online free resource for physicians and health care professionals and features CME programs, medical journal articles and news, and comprehensive drug information. Earning credit for CME programs is required for health care professionals for license renewal and to keep pace with evolving medical knowledge. The site is also accessible to patients. A registration process is required to access the programs.