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Reminder: Time for the annual update period
Commission on Cancer
The Annual Update Period is for July 15–Sept. 30. This update is required for accredited cancer programs that will be surveyed in 2014 and 2015.
Review all Eligibility Requirement screens that describe your program's cancer-related resources and services and upload required documentation that may have been revised since the last year (for example, policies, procedures) that describe how these services are provided. If a document has not been revised since your 2012 review, you do not need to upload a new document. If you do upload a revised version of a document that matches your current practice or process, you can delete the older version of the same document.
As appropriate to each screen, enter the 2013 date that the revised documentation was discussed at a cancer committee meeting. If a new date cannot be added, override the 2012 date.
There will be no additional SAR standard screens to be completed during this period.
The resource and service information completed as part of the ER will be used to update your facility's profile in the CoC Hospital Locator.
If you require further assistance or have questions, please contact Accreditation@facs.org. Please include "Annual Update" in the subject line of your email.
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3-D images boost colon cancer detection
Mashable
 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claim to have figured out a way to better detect colon cancer in the human body. In 2013, the National Cancer Institute estimates that 102,480 Americans will be diagnosed with a new case of colon cancer, while 50,830 will die from colon and rectal cancer combined. Since early detection of precancerous lesions in the colon can help reduce death rates, MIT said its new endoscopy techniques could help by providing doctors more accurate images of the colon's surface.
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Why have HPV vaccination rates flat-lined?
Slate
Why aren't more teenage girls getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus? The New York Times recently reported vaccination rates for the disease, which is the most common sexually transmitted infection and "a principal cause of cervical cancer," failed to improve from 2011 to 2012.
Dr. Zorba Paster: Test for prostate cancer appears to be on its way out
The Buffalo News
Dr. Zorba Paster: "Gentlemen, according to the Feds, prostate cancer screening for asymptomatic men appears to be worthless. I can smell controversy in the air, and I hate controversy. I like things to be open and shut, but medicine isn't that way. It's often messy. When new data comes out telling us we've been doing something wrong for years, no one celebrates. A good example was breast cancer surgery."
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Help the CoC get the resources you need to market your CoC-accredited program
American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
Earlier this year, the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer introduced a Web-based marketing page with tools to help you promote/market your CoC accreditation. The page is accessible from your program's Datalinks page. If you do not have access to this page, please contact your Cancer Program Administrator or Susan Rubin. The CoC hopes that you have explored this website and incorporated the CoC Accredited Program logo on your website and into your marketing collateral. In order to provide you and your program with the information and materials you need, we need your input! Please take a few minutes to complete the CoC Marketing Resources Survey.
If you have additional questions, comments, or are willing to share samples of your marketing/promotion efforts, please contact Susan Rubin by email or by calling 312-202-5182.
New lung cancer screening technology
Tristate Homepage
It's catching cancer in the earliest stages, and doctors said it's saving lives. Deaconess Hospital said new lung cancer screening technology is also making patients at ease. Two Indiana sisters hope their family story will make a difference.
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New type of cell division used to battle cancer
University of Wisconsin-Madison via Medical Xpress
The surprise discovery in humans of a type of human cell division previously seen only in slime molds has put a University of Wisconsin research team on a path to prevent some common and deadly cancers. While on their way to finding a means to attack certain types of cancers, the researchers made the first observations of cytofission in humans, a type of cell division that occurs at a different time than normal division.
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Doctors: Proposed screening guidelines could prevent lung cancer deaths
The Baltimore Sun
An influential U.S. healthcare panel's recommendation for lung cancer screening of high-risk patients could fortify Baltimore-area hospitals' efforts to prevent deaths from the disease, which kills more each year than the next four deadliest cancers combined.
Some blood pressure drugs may raise breast cancer risk
Live Science via Fox News
Taking one type of high blood pressure medication might increase women's risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.
The researchers found women in the study who had been taking calcium-channel blockers to treat high blood pressure for more than 10 years were 2.5 times more likely to have breast cancer, compared with women who did not use blood pressure medication, or who used other types.
New treatment strategy for breast cancer spread to brain
Medical News Today
A combination of two new therapies already in clinical trials for the treatment of primary malignant brain tumors may also be effective in the treatment of breast cancer that has spread to the brain, according to U.S. researchers.
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