This message was sent to ##Email## January 18, 2017     Home  |   About   Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise   Make patient-reported outcomes part of routine cancer care Medscape Patients' symptoms and physical impairments often go undetected by healthcare providers, particularly between clinic visits, and as a result opportunities to intervene and alleviate suffering are missed. A potential solution to this problem is to have patients answer questions about their symptoms electronically, either via the Internet or through their smartphones, at or between visits, a cancer researcher suggests in a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine.  READ MORE Cancer experts endorse new HPV vaccination recommendations UPI The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center along with 68 cancer centers in the United States have come together to endorse new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for HPV vaccinations. HPV, the human papillomavirus, is a sexually transmitted disease, some strains of which can cause genital warts and can lead to cancer, according to the CDC.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by InformedDNA Learn how you could be offering genetic counseling to your patients within the next 30 days! Click here to register for our FREE webinar Single-gene screening inadequate for early-onset colorectal cancer Cancer risk findings from DTC genetic tests may not prompt patient action Don't jump into genetic testing for breast cancer, experts say Genetic counseling should be part of leukemia screening, study suggests   NCDB PUF Application period opens Jan. 23 CoC-NCDB The National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) is pleased to announce that the Participant User File (PUF) application will open Jan. 23. The NCDB will accept applications for site specific files which include cases diagnosed between 2004 and 2014. The application period will be open through Feb. 24. The NCDB PUF is a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant data file containing cases submitted to the Commission on Cancer's (CoC) NCDB and complies with the terms of the Business Associate Agreement between the American College of Surgeons and cancer programs accredited by the CoC; i.e., no patients or facilities can be identified. The PUF is designed to provide investigators at CoC-accredited cancer programs with a data resource they can use to review and advance the quality of care delivered to cancer patients through analyses of cases reported to the NCDB. For more information review the PUF Website. Questions regarding the NCDB PUFs or the RFA process for a PUF may be directed to NCDB technical staff at NCDB_PUF@facs.org. Lung cancer: Delayed chemotherapy after surgery may still be beneficial Medical News Today Lung cancer is by far the most common cause of death from cancer worldwide, accounting for almost 1 in 5 cancer deaths (1.59 million out of 8.2 million in 2012). In the United States, the chances of developing lung cancer over a lifetime are about 1 in 14 for men and around 1 in 17 for women. The chances are much higher for people who smoke and lower for people who do not. While the prognosis, or outlook, for patients diagnosed with lung cancer is usually poor, if the disease is diagnosed in the early stages, there is a higher chance of a cure.  READ MORE    PRODUCT SHOWCASE Advertisement Wiley's Oncology Apps Enjoy our journals? There’s an app for those! Journals such as those from the American Cancer Society ™, Journal of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Science and more are now available for your iPad and iPhone. Sample issues and abstracts, as well as open articles, can be accessed for free. A subscription to the journal is required to read the full text. Study: Metastatic prostate cancer is rising after routine PSA testing drops Prostate Cancer News Today Diagnoses of metastatic prostate cancer in older men are on the rise after a record low in 2011, a new research study has found. Led by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian researchers, the study was published in JAMA Oncology in an article titled "Increase in Prostate Cancer Distant Metastases at Diagnosis in the United States." The findings suggest the increased incidence is likely related to the 2012 change in prostate cancer screening guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF).  READ MORE World Cancer Day CoC and NAPBC World Cancer Day is an international day marked on Feb. 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) with a goal to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer by 2020. The Commission on Cancer (CoC) and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) encourage your program to observe World Cancer Day and use this as an opportunity to display/promote your CoC and NAPBC accreditation status. To help you promote this event within your program and the community, the CoC and the NAPBC have developed a poster that you can download and print. Programs that hold both CoC or CoC and NAPBC accreditations can access the poster by going to CoC Datalinks and clicking on Marketing CoC Accreditation. For programs that are solely NAPBC-accredited, please use the link to the Marketing Resources website provided in your performance report e-mail notification. Additional resources can be found on the World Cancer Day website.    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Prime Oncology Patient Education Videos Treatment strategies for EGFR NSCLC Updates in Lung cancer   ACA reduced socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer screening Cancer Network The use of mammography, but not colonoscopy, has increased in the post–Affordable Care Act (ACA) years, which eliminated out-of-pocket expenditures for these recommended services, according to the results of a study published in Cancer.  READ MORE Save the date — Pursuing Excellence through NAPBC Accreditation NAPBC Plan now to attend the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) Accreditation Workshop: Pursuing Excellence through NAPBC Accreditation in Chicago on May 5. Watch your email for detailed program information or click here and have your name added to our program interest list.  READ MORE Award nominations open ACSORG The American College of Surgeons (ACS), in association with Pfizer Inc., is accepting nominations for the 2017 Surgical Volunteerism Award(s) and Surgical Humanitarian Award. All nominations must be received by Feb. 28. Information about the awards and nominations is available online. Contact ogb@facs.org with any questions. .  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Doctors Without Borders 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. Lawmakers push to stop simultaneous surgeries CBS News Members of Congress are asking hospitals to stop allowing simultaneous surgeries. The widespread practice leaves one surgeon in charge of two or more operations at the same time. They delegate some responsibility to less experienced colleagues. A Senate recent report says " ...the need to ensure patient safety and informed consent is too important to ignore."  READ MORE Visit the AJCC Booth at ACE If you are attending the American Cancer Executives (ACE) 23rd Annual Meeting in Austin, Jan. 18-20, please stop by the AJCC Booth (17) and learn about the AJCC Eight edition staging manual. Meet with staff and get your questions answered. National Cancer Institute-funded training program in distress screening at no cost for competitively selected trainees: ACS Learn how to successfully implement biopsychosocial screening programs of excellence. Workshop is scheduled for March 23-24 in Duarte, California. Receive up to 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Apply now. For further information, please email us at screeningprograms@coh.org.     .  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT     HPV-negative OPSCC survival comparable with upfront surgery and CRT medwire News A U.S. research team has found no significant difference in overall survival (OS) between patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative early-stage oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) who received upfront surgery and those given concurrent chemoradiation (CRT). The investigators do not think that the findings negate the role of surgery in this patient population, as "patients undergoing transoral robotic surgery who do not require adjuvant CRT may have favorable quality of life in comparison with those receiving definitive CRT," they explain in JAMA Oncology.  READ MORE AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 8th edition The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) has released the eighth edition of its Cancer Staging Manual. This edition presents evidence‐based revisions for staging cancer for a number of organ sites and includes the rationale and rules for staging; the definitions of tumor, lymph node involvement and metastasis (TNM); stage groupings; and histologic grade. The new publication can be purchased online at www.cancerstaging.org. Carton of lemons offers simple lesson about breast cancer CNN When Erin Chieze saw an indentation on her breast in December 2015, her conclusion was immediate. "I instantly knew I had breast cancer," she wrote on Facebook, thanks to a breast cancer awareness photo a friend had shared. "Had I not seen that photo, I would have assumed that it was an indentation from the underwire of my bra," Chieze, 38, a nursing student at West Hills College in Lemoore, California, told CNN.  READ MORE Announcing the Commission on Cancer 2016-2017 cancer research paper competition for physicians-in-training CoC The Commission on Cancer is hosting a paper competition for physicians-in-training to foster the importance of oncologic research in support of its mission. Papers are due June 30, 2017.  READ MORE    TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most. AACR releases large public cancer gene data set (Medscape) Spread of triple-negative breast cancer could be halted with existing drug (Medical News Today) Newly discovered genetic fingerprint for prostate cancer promises to personalize treatment (FierceBiotech) In Obamacare era, older women get more cancer screenings (Reuters) Researchers testing new cancer treatment (Voice of America) Don't be left behind. 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