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ACS CANCER PROGRAMS UPDATES |
No accreditation fee increases planned for 2020
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There will be no fee increases in 2020 for any of the accreditation program categories of the Commission on Cancer (CoC), the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), or the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC).
The 2020 category-based fee schedules for both CoC- and NAPRC-accredited programs are available on the CoC Datalinks Activity Menu under Resources. For CoC-accredited programs, cancer program administrators, cancer committee chairs, cancer liaison physicians and certified tumor registrars can download the schedule; other Datalinks users who require this information should contact staff in these roles at their facilities. For NAPRC-accredited programs, the 2020 fee schedule in CoC Datalinks can be downloaded by staff contacts designated by the facility.
New e-mail addresses to connect you with the accreditation team
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The Cancer Programs have made it easier for you to get a timely response to your questions from the accreditation team. Please submit questions or general correspondence to the appropriate e-mail address:
Your questions and correspondence will be forwarded to the appropriate staff member, who will respond in a timely manner. For questions about the CoC, NAPBC, and NAPRC Standards, and to search related topics, please visit the interactive CAnswer Forum.
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is actively recruiting general and trauma surgeons with experience in emergency obstetrics for international missions in developing countries. Learn more
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Don't miss these ACS Cancer Programs sessions at Clinical Congress
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American College of Surgeons (ACS) Cancer Programs will offer a wide range of educational sessions at the ACS Clinical Congress 2019. Scheduled programming includes:
Monday, October 28
- Panel: Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer
- Panel: Clinical Trials in Personalized Medicine in Oncology
Tuesday, October 29
- Special Interest: Cracking the Code to Clinical Trial Enrollment: How to Start and Who Can Help (full day drop-in session)
- Panel: Optimizing Outcomes of Rectal Cancer in 2019
- Panel: Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: Latest Advances
- Panel: Management of the Nodal Basin in the Melanoma Patient
- Panel: Management of Peritoneal Malignancies: Emerging Data in Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) and Other Strategies
Wednesday, October 30
- Meet-the-Expert: Improving Outcomes in Bladder Cancer Surgery: Important Advances in Care
- Named Lecture: Pancreatic Cancer: Progress and Prospects
- Panel: What’s New in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer?
- Panel: Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Solid Tumors: Emerging Roles of the Surgeon
To learn more about ACS Cancer Programs while in San Francisco, visit ACS Central in the Exhibit Hall.
News from the ACS 2019 Quality and Safety Conference: Rural patients face challenges in accessing high-quality cancer care
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Mary Charlton, PhD
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Mary Charlton, PhD, of the University of Iowa College of Public Health, addressed the challenges rural Americans face in accessing high-quality cancer care in her presentation “Population-based assessment of patient rurality, Commission on Cancer (CoC)-accreditation status of cancer treatment facility and quality of care,” at the recent ACS 2019 Quality and Safety Conference.
According to Dr. Charlton’s research, almost 40 percent of rural Iowans who are diagnosed with colorectal, breast and lung cancers are being treated in hospitals that are not accredited by the CoC. These patients are also less likely to receive guideline-recommended care for their cancer.
“The long-term goal of our research is for every cancer patient to have access to high-quality care regardless of where they live,” said Dr. Charlton. “Identifying the mechanisms that contribute to poorer outcomes among rural cancer patients is critical to reducing these geographic disparities. In addition, our group is working on identifying the barriers and facilitators to CoC accreditation for rural hospitals in Iowa. We hope to create a statewide network modeled after the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network that can facilitate the implementation of CoC standards in rural hospitals that treat substantial numbers of cancer patients.”
ACS Cancer Programs Medical Director Heidi Nelson, MD, FACS, believed the study identified an important gap in cancer care, specific to rural patients.
“If we can identify and address the key barriers to cancer care for rural patients, we could close the gap and make a major impact on the lives of many Americans,” said Dr. Nelson.
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Join the CoC and NAPBC surveyor teams
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The Commission on Cancer (CoC) and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) are actively seeking medical professionals to join their accreditation survey teams. Physicians with an interest in learning more about patient care around the country, as well as a desire to positively impact the quality of that care, are strongly encouraged to apply.
Accreditation by the CoC and NAPBC, quality programs of the American College of Surgeons, demonstrates a cancer program’s commitment to providing high-quality, multidisciplinary, patient-centered cancer care. Surveyors perform a vital service in the accreditation process through site visits to and evaluation of cancer programs.
More information is available in the CoC and NAPBC surveyor applications
GW Cancer Center offers prostate cancer toolkit
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To mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September, the George Washington University Cancer Center, with funding and support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed a social media toolkit. Public health and cancer control professionals, cancer centers, coalitions, community-based organizations and other stakeholders can use the toolkit and adapt its messaging for their unique audiences and areas of expertise.
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Gastric cancer treatment featured in the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
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The optimal treatment for gastric cancer remains controversial despite recent advances in care. Authors from the ACS Clinical Research Program highlight recent updates in surgical and multimodality therapy for gastric cancer in this month’s issue of the Bulletin.
Registration now open for Inflammatory Breast Cancer webinar
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Registration is now open for the webinar Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Beth Overmoyer, MD, director of the Inflammatory Breast Center Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, will review the clinical presentation of inflammatory breast cancer, discuss the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines and examine best practices for early diagnosis. The webinar is targeted to primary care physicians, Ob-Gyn specialists and advance practice providers, as well as NAPBC-accredited breast centers and CoC-accredited programs providing care to patients with breast cancer.
Join us on September 12 at 12:00 noon ET for this important event. Information on CME and other credits will be provided soon.
Join the NAPBC accreditation workshop in Denver on September 20
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The NAPBC is hosting a workshop, Pursuing Excellence through NAPBC Accreditation, in Denver, CO, on Friday, September 20, 2019, at the Hilton Denver City Center. Registration is now open for the workshop, which will focus on how programs can best achieve compliance. Be sure to register before August 9 to receive the early-bird rate of $395. To learn more, visit the NAPBC website.
HEALTH CARE NEWS AND UPDATES |
Medscape
A large cohort study of Israeli patients with cancer found that antidepressant adherence above 50% was associated with one quarter less mortality over four years compared with adherence below 20%.
The study was published online July 22 in Depression and Anxiety.
However intriguing the results, this study is unlikely to change practice until the reason for the link is better understood, said psychiatrist Gary Rodin, MD, who heads up the Department of Supportive Care at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada.
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The New York Times
As the elderly man with an incurable cancer lay dying, he told his son he had only one regret. Rather than enjoying his last weeks of life with the people and places he loved, he had squandered them on drug treatments that consumed his days and made him miserable.
Perhaps others can benefit from this man’s end-of-life insight. Too often, people with incurable cancers pursue therapy beyond any hope of benefit except perhaps to the pockets of Big Pharma.
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Medical Xpress
The prostates of older mice contain more luminal progenitor cells — cells capable of generating new prostate tissue — than the prostates of younger mice, UCLA researchers have discovered. The observation, published in Cell Reports, helps explain why, as people age, the prostate tends to grow, leading to an increased risk for prostate cancer and other conditions.
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Medical News Today
In the past few decades, a number of studies have suggested a link between dietary habits and the development of cancer. However, much of this research has been unable to move beyond observing links. Now, specialists in cancer and nutrition suggest a way forward.
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Medical Xpress
A study published in Cell Reports Aug. 6 describes the generation of a new mouse model developed at Hollings Cancer Center that could lead to a better understanding of the cachexia syndrome. This wasting condition, characterized by excessive weight loss, has one of the highest incidences in pancreatic cancer patients.
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