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| ACS CANCER PROGRAMS UPDATES |
| 2020 CoC Standards now available for download
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The Commission on Cancer’s new accreditation standards, Optimal Resources for Cancer Care (2020 Standards), are now available for free download from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) website. With a few exceptions, programs are expected to implement the 2020 standards beginning January 1, 2020.
In addition to creating a new section in the CAnswer Forum, the CoC is offering a number of workshops, webinars and national meeting presentations to support the 2020 standards. To learn more about implementation timelines, education opportunities and other information related to the 2020 standards, please visit the 2020 CoC Standards website.
| CoC Plenary Session to focus on new surgical standards, NCDB changes and more
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If you are attending the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress or are from a CoC-accredited cancer program in the Bay area, join us at the CoC Plenary Session: New Standards — An Open Forum on Sunday, October 27 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm in Continental 6, Ballroom Level at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel. This meeting will include presentations on the new CoC surgical standards, quality of care and CoC accreditation in rural America; presentations by select CoC member organizations, including the American Cancer Society; an update on changes to the National Cancer Database (NCDB); and what you need to know about the new CoC Standards. Lunch will be available at 12:00 noon in Continental 5 for all CoC meeting attendees, and a reception will immediately follow the CoC Plenary Session.
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| JNCCN publishes latest version of Distress Management Guidelines
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This month’s issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN) includes the latest version of the NCCN Guidelines for Distress Management. The panel for the Distress Management Guidelines recently added a new principles section, including guidance on implementation of standards of psychosocial care for patients with cancer.
| Submit your questions for December 11 CAnswer Forum Live
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Registration is now open for the next CAnswer Forum Live webinar from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm CST on December 11. Please submit your questions by 5:00 pm CST on Friday, November 22.
If you missed the September 25 CAnswer Forum Live webinar, the session recording and slides are available on the CAnswer Forum LIVE web page.
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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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| College launches new public awareness campaign on the value of ACS Quality Programs
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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has launched a new social media campaign aimed at patients to let them know the value of care provided at health care facilities that participate in ACS Quality Programs. The initiative was unveiled this week on the College’s Facebook and Twitter sites.
Based on messages that highlight the College’s mission to improve surgical care, how ACS Quality Programs make the surgical experience safer and better and that ACS-accredited or verified hospitals improve surgery results and lower costs, the campaign directs viewers to the ACS website, where they can read more about each of the Quality Programs.
| 2020 CoC surveys: What you need to know
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As the calendar moves closer to year-end, the 2020 CoC survey year is fast approaching. For those programs anticipating surveys in the coming year, important updates regarding the Survey Application Record (SAR), surveyor assignments, fees and criteria are available on CoC Datalinks.
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| NAPBC modifies some standards for 2020
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The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers’ (NAPBC) Board of Directors recently agreed to modify requirements to the 2018 NAPBC Standards Manual (2018 edition) for two standards: Standard 1.2: Multidisciplinary Breast Care Conference and Standard 6.1: Quality and Outcomes. These changes will go into effect on January 1, 2020.
The NAPBC Clarifications, Reminders and FAQ document released in May 2019 has been updated to reflect these changes. It may be downloaded from the NAPBC website
and the resources section of the NAPBC portal. October 2019 additions/updates are designated in the document.
If you have any questions regarding the interpretation of NAPBC standards, please be sure to post your question to the NAPBC section of the CAnswer Forum.
| Join the NAPRC surveyor team
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The National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC) is seeking physicians to join its accreditation surveyor team. Surveyors conduct on-site visits with rectal cancer programs seeking NAPRC accreditation to assist in verifying a program’s compliance with the NAPRC Standards.
Applicants must be actively practicing physicians specializing in rectal cancer care and working in a program that is NAPRC accredited or is actively working toward NAPRC accreditation. Please visit the NAPRC website for more information on qualifications and to download the application.
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| Modification to information posted to The Brief on 11/15/2018
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| Additional information for coding skin/melanoma surgery
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The Technical Advisory Group (TAG), an ad hoc group with representatives from all the standard setters, has made a consensus decision to use the pathology reports as the first priority for assigning melanoma surgery codes. If margin information is not available on the pathology report, the operative report may be used when margins are specified. Note: this decision does not apply to the margins data item, only to surgery codes. If margins are not stated on either report, use unknown.
| HEALTH CARE NEWS AND UPDATES |
Medscape
Current oncology practice is "failing those diagnosed with cancer" with regard to prescribing exercise, says a call-to-action report from a global coalition of 40 leaders from 17 organizations, spearheaded by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
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Medscape
At 1-year of follow-up, the football group had significant improvements in mental health and body mass index and fewer hospital admissions compared with controls, report the investigators, led by Eik Dybboe Bjerre, PhD, postdoctoral scientist, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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BBC News
They plan to "give birth" to cancer in the lab to see exactly what it looks like "on day one".
It is just one of the research priorities of the new International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection.
Working together on early detection of cancer will mean patients benefiting more quickly, it says.
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Spectrum News
Mutations in PTEN, a top autism gene, can lead to autism, cancer — or perhaps both. Levels of a single molecule may predict which of the two outcomes is more likely, according to a new study. The molecule, fumarate, is produced in cells as mitochondria extract energy from food. Fumarate levels are lower in people with autism than in those with cancer, the study suggests.
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ScienceDaily
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a strange new organelle inside our cells that helps to prevent cancer by ensuring that genetic material is sorted correctly as cells divide. The researchers have connected problems with the organelle to a subset of breast cancer tumors that make lots of mistakes when segregating chromosomes.
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STAT News
A new form of the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 appears to significantly expand the range of diseases that could be treated with the technology, by enabling scientists to precisely change any of DNA’s four “letters” into any other and insert or delete any stretch of DNA — all more efficiently and precisely than previous versions of CRISPR. Crucially, scientists reported recently, it accomplishes all that without making genome-scrambling cuts in the double helix, as classic CRISPR and many of its offshoots do.
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Medical Xpress
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new combination of drugs that is effective in fighting cancer cells without affecting healthy cells. The fight against cancer involves eradicating cancer cells but current treatments inevitably have negative consequences on healthy cells.
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Michigan Medicine
Some of the most important players on a cancer patient’s health care team are people they typically never meet or interact with — the pathologists who evaluate their tissue samples to determine the type and stage of disease they have.
And as interest in patient-pathologist consulting programs has gained momentum nationally, researchers at Michigan Medicine have conducted the first known survey to quantify patient interest in pathology services and to better understand how patients might feel about meeting their pathologist and seeing images of their tissues.
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| IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES |
| Date |
Event |
| Oct. 1-31 |
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
| Oct. 27-31 |
ACS Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA |
| Nov. 21-22 |
CoC 2020: A Glimpse into the Future, Rosemont, IL |
| Dec. 11 |
CAnswer Forum LIVE |
| April 22-23, 2020 |
CoC 2020: A Glimpse into the Future, Rosemont, IL |
| Aug. 28-29, 2020 |
CoC 2020: A Glimpse into the Future, Denver, CO |
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