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| News from the ACS 2019 Quality and Safety Conference: Adherence to operative standards impacts gastric cancer surgical outcomes
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Kaitlyn Kelly, MD, FACS
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In a presentation at the recent ACS 2019 Quality and Safety Conference, Kaitlyn Kelly, MD, FACS, discussed how adherence to operative standards improves survival in gastric cancer patients.
In her presentation, “Does Adherence to Operative Standards Impact Outcomes in Cancer Treatment? Real World Data from the NCDB on Gastric Cancer,” Dr. Kelly of the University of California San Diego reviewed the inherent limits in assessing the quality of gastrectomy for cancer as it is being performed in U.S. hospitals, and spoke of the need for improvement.
“This is important because patients and clinicians often think that a surgical procedure is done the same wherever it is performed, and they assume it will be done following that same technique and standards that are followed on clinical trials,” said Dr. Kelly. “Not all gastrectomies are the same, and the quality of surgery performed for gastric cancer is likely to affect long-term outcomes such as likelihood of recurrence and survival.”
The Director of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Research Program (ACS CRP), Kelly Hunt, MD, FACS, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, noted that surgeons need to understand which components of the surgical procedure have the greatest impact on oncologic outcomes, including recurrence and survival. Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery describes the critical elements of surgical procedures and Dr. Kelly's work shows that adherence to the standards may improve survival in gastric cancer.
“Understanding the critical elements of a surgical procedure that have direct impact on oncologic outcomes can lead to improved survival outcomes in patients with gastric cancer,” said Dr. Hunt. “It will be important going forward that surgeons know the critical elements and are careful to describe them in their operative note.”
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The deadline to submit questions for the next CAnswer Forum LIVE session is September 1. Help us make this an important and valuable session by submitting your questions ASAP!
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 NAPRC programs. The next webinar will take place on September 25, 2019, at 12:00 noon, Central Time.
Register today for this event. Go to CAnswer Forum LIVE to learn more about this program and to access recordings of previous broadcasts. For additional information, contact Asa Carter at acarter@facs.org.
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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
Surgeons who evaluate and treat cancer patients at CoC-accredited cancer programs who are not board certified must complete 12 cancer-focused CME Credit hours each calendar year.
Thirty-eight Clinical Congress 2019 sessions have been identified and designated as Credit to Address ACS Cancer Accreditation Requirements. To see a list of these sessions, visit the Find a Session web page and use the Credit to Address Accreditation/Verification Requirements search filter. Individuals may elect to claim the Credit to Address ACS Accreditation/Verification Requirements, which will then be documented on the CME Certificate and Clinical Congress transcript.
In addition to meeting accreditation CME requirements, attendees will be able to complete many state CME requirements and MOC/Continuous Certification CME. Register for Clinical Congress 2019 today!
If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Liz McAllister at emcallister@facs.org or 312-202-5122.
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| NAPBC workshop adds best practice panel
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The NAPBC has added a best practices session to its Pursing Excellence through NAPBC Accreditation workshop on September 20 in Denver.
Best Practices: Challenges and Solutions will feature the following three speakers:
David Chi, MD, FACS, NAPBC contact at the Breast Center at Los Robles, Los Robles Hospital, Thousand Oaks, CA, will discuss the Breast Cancer Journal Club program and how it can help centers fulfill NAPBC standard 5.1.
Maureen Chung, MD, PhD, FACS, medical director, Southcoast Health Breast Care Program in Fall River, MA, will discuss weekly pathology/radiology correlation conferences, including the breast surgeons to enhance treatment discussion for patients with malignant and non-malignant diseases of the breast, NAPBC Standard 2.19.
Annette Hargadon, MSN, RNC-OB, CBCN, nurse navigator at the Comprehensive Breast Center and Cancer Program at Riddle Hospital/Main Line Health in Media, PA, will speak on NAPBC Standard 2.20, Survivorship Care Plans Using a Multidisciplinary Team.
Register today to learn more about these solutions and refresh your memory if you are up for reaccreditation in the near future.
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| Accreditation CME offered at Clinical Congress 2019
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Surgeons on the breast care team at NAPBC-accredited centers must complete 2 CME Credit hours in the area of breast disease annually. Physicians providing genetic counseling and evaluation must complete an additional 2 genetics-related CME Credit hours each year.
Fourteen Clinical Congress 2019 sessions have been identified and designated as Credit to Address ACS Breast Accreditation Requirements. To see a list of these sessions, visit the Find a Session web page and use the Credit to Address Accreditation/Verification Requirements search filter. Individuals may elect to claim the Credit to Address ACS Accreditation/Verification Requirements, which will then be documented on the CME Certificate and Clinical Congress transcript.
In addition to meeting accreditation CME requirements, attendees will be able to complete many state CME requirements and MOC/Continuous Certification CME. Register for Clinical Congress 2019 today!
If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Liz McAllister at emcallister@facs.org or 312-202-5122.
| HEALTH CARE NEWS AND UPDATES |
Medscape
"You wouldn't run a marathon without undertaking any training," comment the authors in the introduction to a new landmark document on guidance for cancer "prehabilitation."
Prehabilitation after a cancer diagnosis "aims to optimise a person's health and wellbeing to help maximise their resilience to treatment throughout their journey," explain Fran Woodard, executive director of the UK's Macmillan Cancer Support, and colleagues.
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The Irish News
A student has used 3-D printing technology to create a model of a kidney that could be used to help train cancer surgeons.
The model created by Glasgow School of Art (GSA) student Lisa Ferrie could help surgeons hone their skills in performing a robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy – a procedure that removes part of the kidney affected by a tumor.
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Healio
High-value care appeared associated with important patient, tumor and treatment characteristics among patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer who underwent curative resection, according to results of a retrospective study published in JAMA Surgery.
NCI-designated and high-volume centers, however, did not appear associated with greater value, suggesting a need for targeted measures to increase value at these centers, researchers noted.
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Reuters via Medscape
Setting volume thresholds does not guarantee that hospitals will adhere to those standards or that patients will have access to hospitals that do, a study of high-risk cancer surgery patients reveals.
The study was not meant to criticize any professional society or group that supports volume standards for high-risk surgical care, Dr. Kyle Sheetz of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor told Reuters Health by email. "Our goal was to discuss the tradeoffs that come from volume standards centered on short-term safety."
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Cancer Research UK
Scientists may have found a way to pull down the protective wall that surrounds tumors, potentially re-exposing them to the killing power of the immune system and immunotherapy treatments, according to a study part funded by Cancer Research UK and published in EBioMedicine. Although this is early research in the lab, the findings suggest this approach could help to boost the effects of innovative cancer treatments, such as CAR-T therapy, which so far haven’t been used successfully to tackle solid tumors.
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Cancer Network
A simple biomarker panel may be able to detect epithelial ovarian cancer one to two years earlier than existing methods, according to a new study published online in the British Journal of Cancer. The study included a small number of cases and thus the method does still require further validation.
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