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While hospitals grapple with what operating room (OR) infection control procedures work best, a new study of Texas hospitals has determined two areas that stand out: mandating sterile operating conditions at or close to the wound itself, and tracking in-hospital outcomes on surgical site infections (SSIs) and sharing that information with surgeons and other OR staff.
"In contrast, our research team found that policies regulating the attire of OR personnel had no measurable impact on infection rates," said lead author Thomas A. Aloia, MD, FACS, department of surgical oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Dr. Aloia presented the findings at the American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference in New York in July. The results have been published online as an "article in press" on the website of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons in advance of print.
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ACS-Cancer Programs
The The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Cancer Programs 2017 Cancer Programs Conference: Creating a Culture of Quality, Sept. 8–9, included the first Virtual Capitol Hill Day. The virtual event took place Sept. 8 and focused on protecting the future of quality cancer care through advocacy. Surgeon advocates across the nation were able to participate and make their voices heard by colleagues and members of Congress via social media. Participants used #cancerprogramsday and ACS Twitter handles to advocate for policies that could affect the future of cancer care, took action by contacting members of Congress via SurgeonsVoice; and shared information via social media about how cancer education, research, and prevention saves lives.
The ACS Cancer Programs Virtual Capitol Hill Day activities resulted in the following: 60 letters to members of Congress regarding the Support Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, the Palliative Care Hospice Education and Training Act, and cancer research funding in federal fiscal year 2018; more than 245 #cancerprogramsday mentions tweeted; more than 14,340 Twitter impressions (interaction or replies from others online), including 50 retweets; and engagement of several members of Congress, including Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), the Democratic lead on the recently introduced House resolution (H. Res. 503) recognizing the role of accreditation by the ACS Cancer Programs, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
For more information, contact Carrie Zlatos, ACS senior Congressional lobbyist, at czlatos@facs.org, or Katie Oehmen, manager of ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC and Grassroots, at koehmen@facs.org.
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TIME
Recent research has shown that despite more having more treatment options, women with cancer in one breast are increasingly choosing to remove both breasts — even though experts in the field say the procedure is not necessarily accompanied by better outcomes.
Now, a new study published recently in JAMA Surgery finds that the increase is being driven in part by their surgeons.
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Medical Xpress
Patients diagnosed at high-volume centers are up to 40 percent more likely to receive treatment for glioblastoma, according to a study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The study, which is one of the largest on glioblastoma treatment and outcomes, also shows that patients treated at high-volume centers live approximately three and one-half months longer than patients treated at low-volume centers.
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ACS-NCDB
The National Cancer Database (NCDB) announces that the deadline to submit a Participant User File (PUF) application has been extended to Sept. 25. The NCDB is accepting applications for site-specific files, which include cases diagnosed between 2004 and 2015. For more information, review the PUF website. Questions regarding the NCDB PUF or the RFA process for a PUF may be directed to NCDB technical staff at NCDB_PUF@facs.org.
The Institute of Cancer Research
People with a gene mutation that confers a very high risk of cancer would benefit from a whole-body MRI scan to detect the disease early, a new study reports.
Researchers found that whole-body MRI picked up potentially deadly tumors in men and women with mutations in a crucial gene called TP53.
A single whole-body MRI scan detected at least one tumor that would have been deadly if left untreated in as many as 14 percent of participants with a damaged copy of TP53.
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Novodiax is soon bringing to market 10-minute fast, sensitive and simple Immunoassay (IHC) kits for in vitro diagnostic use to address unmet needs in the intraoperative surgical oncology sector. Learn More
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Salk Institute via ScienceDaily
The immune system automatically destroys dysfunctional cells such as cancer cells, but cancerous tumors often survive nonetheless. A new study by Salk scientists shows one method by which fast-growing tumors evade anti-tumor immunity.
The Salk team uncovered two gene-regulating molecules that alter cell signaling within tumor cells to survive and subvert the body's normal immune response, according to a September 18, 2017, paper in Nature Cell Biology.
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Medical News Today
Researchers are currently investigating a potential new avenue for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer, which is a particularly aggressive breast cancer subtype.
Triple-negative breast cancer is a type of breast cancer wherein the tumors do not express estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor or the genes that promote the production of a protein called HER2, which plays a role in the growth of some cancer cells.
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ACS Cancer Programs
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and the Commission on Cancer (CoC) encourage your program to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month and use it as an opportunity to display and publicize your accreditation status. To help you promote this event within your program and community, the NAPBC and the CoC have created a poster that you can download and print.
Access the poster as follows:
Centers solely accredited by the NAPBC: Use the link to the Marketing Resources website provided in your performance report cover letter.
Programs that are accredited by the CoC solely and/or both the CoC and NAPBC: Go to CoC Datalinks and click on Marketing CoC Accreditation.
Please let us know about your celebration by sending photos and event information to
Susan Rubin, Business Development Manager, ACS Cancer Programs.
Oncology Nurse Advisor
Caregiving for someone with cancer presents numerous challenges, but when the diagnosis is a malignant brain tumor, caregivers may experience unique and complex challenges that differ from those experienced with other diagnoses. With the tumor site located in the brain, patients and caregivers face the challenge of managing not only physical symptoms but cognitive symptoms as well. Activities of daily living and cognitive abilities such as memory, language, motor skills and mood can be impacted. Adverse effects of treatments — radiation, chemotherapy, surgery — may add additional challenges.
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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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EHRintelligence
Effective electronic health records (EHR) use can improve care coordination, streamline daily clinical processes and save hospitals money. However, EHR systems continue to receive blame for contributing to rising rates of physician burnout, a deteriorating patient-provider relationship and generally inconveniencing providers.
While the health care community is often at odds regarding the efficiency of EHR technology, recent evidence suggests EHR systems can improve chronic disease management to yield better patient health outcomes and reduce work for clinicians in the long run.
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AJCC
Donna Gress, RHIT, CTR, of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) has recorded a series of webinars developed for and delivered to the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) Education Training Coordinators (ETC). NPCR has agreed to share these recordings and handouts with the registrar community. These webinars provide information on the assignment of stage, clarification of classification criteria with procedure/treatment differences and special concerns and highlight:
- Exceptions for T, N and M
- When biopsy is considered clinical versus pathologic
- Review and examples of when to use blank versus X
- Details based on common questions related to the anatomic site
- Case scenario, sometimes highlighting missing or incomplete information
Click here to start reviewing the webinars.
Webinars are free. Continuing education (CE) hours were not pre-approved for these webinars.
Medical Xpress
A randomized clinical trial has compared key-hole (laparoscopic) surgery and open surgery in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy, or the Whipple procedure.
The procedure is used to treat tumors located in the head of the pancreas and adjacent areas, where approximately 75 percent of pancreatic cancer tumors occur.
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ACS
Registration is now open for the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2017, Oct. 22–26 in San Diego. Clinical Congress is one of the largest meetings of surgeons in the world and offers outstanding educational opportunities for every stage of your career. The theme of this year's conference is Do What's Right for the Patient.
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