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| Support the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act
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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Cancer Programs are seeking Congressional support for the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2019, legislation that would reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Stamp for eight years. Since its release in 1998, more than 1 billion of these stamps have been sold in the United States, raising more than $87.8 million for cutting-edge breast cancer research. However, the current authorization of the stamp expires this year. Take action via SurgeonsVoice and urge your Member of Congress to support H.R. 2689/S. 1438, the Breast Cancer Research Reauthorization Act of 2019.
| CAnswer Forum Live scheduled for June 26
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CAnswer Forum Live is a 60-minute webinar open to staff at current and prospective Commission on Cancer (CoC), National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and National Accreditation Program for Rectal Centers (NAPRC) programs. The next webinar will take place on June 26, 2019. Please submit your CoC, NAPBC and NAPRC standards-related questions by June 19. You can register today for this event. Go to CAnswer Forum Live to learn more about CAnswer Forum Live and to access recordings of the January 23 and March 27 broadcasts. For additional information, contact Sue Rubin at srubin@facs.org.
| NAPRC calling for Fellows to serve on governance committees
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The National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC) is making its inaugural call for ACS Fellows to populate its governance committees. The NAPRC was launched in late 2017 to help ensure that patients with rectal cancer receive appropriate care using a multidisciplinary approach. The Executive Committee will be the oversight body of the NAPRC with three standing committees focused on specific aspects and goals of the program. The Accreditation Committee will maintain and enforce accreditation standards development and survey processes, the Education Committee will create and disseminate education related to NAPRC standards and the Quality Committee will continuously monitor and refine quality metrics according to evidence-based findings. Other committee members include representatives from the American College of Radiology, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the College of American Pathologists, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Applicants must be ACS Fellows or Associate Fellows treating rectal cancer patients in a Commission on Cancer-accredited facility that is actively working toward NAPRC accreditation. Interested individuals should submit a CV and a one-page letter of interest and summary of qualifications to naprc@facs.org by June 15, 2019.
For more information for applying for NAPRC committee membership, please visit the ACS Committee Opportunities webpage and click on “NAPRC Governance Committees.” For more information on the NAPRC, please visit the NAPRC website.
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| ACS committee opportunities
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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) and Clinical Research Program (CRP) depend on volunteers from their diverse membership to drive the mission and initiatives of the organization and the surgical profession. Serving on a CoC or CRP committee is a great way to contribute to program initiatives, network with colleagues, advance into leadership positions and contribute to improvements in cancer patient care. The ACS Committee Opportunities web page includes information about those ACS committees, including the CoC and CRP, that are looking for new surgeon members to serve. Visit the ACS Committee Opportunities web page for details on what’s involved and how to apply. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2019.
| Free NCSD materials from the Cancer Programs
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All ACS-accredited cancer, breast and rectal centers are encouraged to observe National Cancer Survivors’ Day (NCSD) on June 2, 2019. To help you, the Cancer Programs have created a poster and graphics that can be used to promote this important day within your community and your program. The materials are available on the Marketing Resources page, which can be accessed from the Commission on Cancer Datalinks web page and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers portal. For more ideas on how to celebrate National Cancer Survivors’ Day, visit the NCSD website.
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| Register today for the 2019 ACS Quality and Safety Conference
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Registration for the 2019 ACS Quality and Safety Conference is now open. This year’s conference will be held in Washington, DC, July 19–22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. For more information on the program agenda, meeting/events schedule, registration fees, lodging, transportation, preconference workshops and to review our official press release, please visit the Quality and Safety Conference website.
| Cancer Programs staff on the road
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Make sure you meet the Cancer Programs staff at the Cancer Programs booth during the following conferences:
- ASCO Annual, May 31–June 4 in Chicago
- American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons, June 1–5 in Cleveland
Please stop by and learn what’s new from the Cancer Programs.
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| ACS CANCER PROGRAMS UPDATES |
 General surgery resident scholarship opportunity to attend ACS-CRP didactic course “Designing and Running a Prospective Surgical Clinical Trial”
The American College of Surgeons Clinical Research Program (ACS CRP) is pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships to general surgery residents who are interested in attending the didactic course “Designing and Running a Prospective Surgical Clinical Trial” at the upcoming ACS Clinical Congress in San Francisco, CA. This course is being held on Sunday, October 27 from 8:30 am PT to 4:00 pm PT at the Moscone Center. The course is designed to teach the methodology of design and implementation of a clinical trial for surgeons interested in developing and leading a prospective trial. This scholarship award of $290 is available to ACS Resident and Associate Society members and must be used to cover the registration cost for the didactic course. This award would be paid following confirmation of course attendance. Applications are due by June 30, 2019.
Application requirements:
- Applicant must be a Resident Member of the College.
- Applicant must submit a letter of recommendation from his or her program director.
- Applicant must submit a brief letter of interest (no longer than one page) explaining why this opportunity interests him or her, what he or she hopes to gain from it, and how he or she plans to utilize the knowledge obtained.
If you are interested in applying, please e-mail your letter of recommendation along with a brief summary of why you would like to attend to ACS CRP staff at with the subject line: ACS Clinical Congress Didactic Course Scholarship Application. Be sure to include your name, facility name, city, state, e-mail address and phone number.
Scholarships will not be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. A selection committee will review each request and award scholarships based on the level of interest expressed by the applicant. Scholarship recipients will be announced by July 15 in order to provide ample time to take advantage of early-bird registration and make travel arrangements. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact ACS CRP staff.
 As you may know, the Commission on Cancer (CoC) has been undergoing a project to analyze and revise the standards for CoC accreditation. Your feedback is vital to ensuring the standards are as clear and meaningful as possible. A current draft of the revised CoC standards is now posted on the CoC website. We are encouraging everyone interested to submit feedback/questions on any or all of the standards through designated surveys. Feedback can only be accepted through the specified survey links provided on the website. To download a copy of the draft standards and to submit feedback, please visit facs.org/cocstandardsfeedback. . Please share this link with any of your colleagues who may be interested.
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| Participate in the CoC-sponsored survey on patient navigation
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As a member organization of the American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable, the Commission on Cancer (CoC) is partnering to administer this important survey of navigators (all types, including community, patient navigators, nurse and social work navigators) and program administrators to identify the challenges, successes and barriers to the implementation of cancer patient navigation metrics. The results of this survey will help to identify needed tools and resources for navigators and navigation programs in an effort to support their program. This survey will take 15 to 20 minutes of your time. Your feedback is extremely important, and your responses are completely anonymous.
The survey is an open link, so please forward it to other appropriate individuals. The survey will close on June 7, 2019. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact national.navigation.roundtable@cancer.org.
| News from the NAPBC advocacy partners: Young Survival Coalition
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 The Young Survival Coalition’s (YSC) Pre-Summit HCP Continuing Education (CE) program, A Different Shade of Pink: A Continuing Education Program about Breast Cancer in Young Women, was recorded and is available to you for viewing. YSC is thrilled to be able to offer three free continuing education hours for nursing and social work professionals. For additional information, contact Jean Rowe.
Files/cases submitted to the Rapid Quality Reporting System (RQRS) are processing in both v18 and v16. In order to ensure all cases that were originally submitted in v16 are processed correctly in v18, all 2018 data items, including AJCC 8th Edition TNM and Stage groups, radiation data items (if applicable) and cancer status will need to be updated and the cases resubmitted. Once these data items are updated in the vendor software and resubmitted to the RQRS, the dashboards, alerts and case list will update. Please review the RQRS User Guide for the RQRS Minimum EPR Calculation Fields required to run the measure algorithms.
Files/cases submitted to the National Cancer Database (NCDB) are being processed with display of quality records accepted and error count. Only errors with a score of 1 or 200 will display. Please review pages 27–59 in the 2019 GenEdits Plus 5 Installation and Edits v16 and v18 for scoring.
| HEALTH CARE NEWS AND UPDATES |
Journal of Women's Health via Medical Xpress
A new study has shown that more than half of physicians—primary care doctors and specialists—may be unaware that dense breasts are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, and nearly half reported not being aware of laws requiring physicians to inform women about mammography-related breast density risks and supplemental screening options. This timely and newsworthy study, which also compared the knowledge and practices of primary care physicians to specialists regarding breast density, is published in Journal of Women's Health.
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MedPage Today
The growing number of cancer survivors has created an ongoing demand for cardiologists with specialized training in the emerging field of cardio-oncology, according to authors of a review.
A recent survey of cardiology fellowship programs suggested that the number of U.S. centers providing dedicated cardio-oncology services almost doubled from 2014 to 2018. Program directors at several other centers said cardio-oncology services were planned.
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University of California - San Francisco via ScienceDaily
UC San Francisco scientists have figured out why some lung cancers become drug-resistant after initially responding to targeted therapies. In the process, they devised a new two-pronged approach that yields an effective treatment for these cancers in the laboratory and holds tremendous promise for the future of precision medicine, they said. The findings are detailed in a study published Nov. 26 in the journal Nature Medicine.
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Oncology Learning Network
The FDA has approved alpelisib for the treatment of postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA-mutated, advanced or metastatic breast cancer that has been detected by an FDA-approved test and progressed during or after an endocrine-based therapy regimen, in combination with fulvestrant.
Approval was also granted by the FDA to therascreen PIK3CA RGQ PCR Kit, a companion diagnostic test for the detection of PIK3CA mutation via a tissue and/or liquid biops
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Oncology Nurse Advisor
Octogenarians with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have a one-month mortality rate of 41 percent and overall survival (OS) of 1.5 months, according to a research letter published in the June issue of the American Journal of Hematology. Vijaya R. Bhatt, M.D., from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and colleagues conducted an analysis to determine treatment practices and outcomes of an unselected cohort of octogenarian patients with AML.
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FOX News
An apple a day might keep cancer away.
More than 80,000 cancer cases in the US were linked to poor diet, or around 5 percent, according to a study published Thursday in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum. The study, conducted by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, analyzed cancer diagnoses among US adults from 2015 along with data from two national surveys on Americans’ diets to determine how many cases were linked to diets low in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and high in processed sugar, sugary beverages and red meats.
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