Tools and best practice resources designed to help cancer programs meet the CoC Cancer Program Standards.

Standard 2.1

• Organizational Structure (20K PDF)

Standard 2.2

• Policy and Procedure Cancer Committee (10K PDF)
• Cancer Committee Agenda Template (40K PDF)
• 2.2 Cancer Committee Minutes (20K PDF)
• 2.2 Cancer Committee Minutes example 2 (30K PDF)

Standard 2.3

• Coordinator Job Descriptions (24K PDF)
  • Cancer Conference Coordinator (20K PDF)
  • Quality Improvement Coordinator (20K PDF)
  • Cancer Registry Coordinator (20K PDF)
  • Community Outreach Coordinator (20K PDF)
  • Program Activity Coordinator (30K PDF)

Standard 2.4

• Planning Grid of Cancer Committee Activities (50K PDF)

Standard 2.5

• Goals and Objectives (15K PDF)

Standards 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9

• Cancer Conference Grid (40K PDF)
• 2.6 Cancer Conference Frequency and Format (20K PDF)
• 2.6 Cancer Conference Frequency and Format example 2 (10K PDF)
• 2.7 Cancer Conference Multidisciplinary Attendance Requirement (15K PDF)
• 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 Clinical Cancer Conference Policy January 2009 (40K PDF)
• 2.8 Cancer Conference Report 10% Annual Caseload (15K PDF)
• 2.8 Case Summary with Stage and Treatment Plan January 2009 (20K PDF)
• 2.8 Cancer Conference Case List March 2009 (15K PDF)
• 2.8 and 2.9 Quality Control Cancer Conference Grid (25K PDF)
• 2.9 Cancer Conference Grid January 2010 (55K PDF)

Standard 2.10 and 2.11

• 2.10 Cancer Registry Staging Discrepency Log March 2009 (15K XLS)
• 2.10 Quality of Cancer Registry Data January 2009 (20K PDF)
• 2.10 Collaborative Stage Quality Control Policy (12K PDF)
• 2.10 Quality Control of Cancer Registry Data (950K PDF)
• 2.10 Physician Abstracting Review Policy (16K PDF)
• 2.10 Quality Control of Registry Data Plan (15K PDF)
• 2.11 Cancer Site Specific Study March 2009 (20K PDF)

Standard 3

• 3.4 and 3.5 Follow-up Source Tips (10K PDF)
• 3.4 and 3.5 Patient Follow-up Letter March 2009 (15K PDF)

Standard 4.3

• 4.3 Plan to Monitor Quality of Patient Care March 2009 (20K PDF)
• 4.3 CoC Staging Change Physician Letter March 2009 (600K PDF)
• 4.3 AJCC TNM Staging Policy January 2009 (20K PDF)
• 4.3 Physician AJCC Staging Policy March 2009 (35K PDF)
• Clinical Staging Policy October 2008 (10K PDF)
• Frequently Asked Questions November 2008 (45K PDF)
• 4.3 Clinical Staging Work Sheet January 2010 (40K PDF)

Standard 4.6

• Synoptic Definition and Samples January 2009 (40K PDF)
• QC Checklists for CAP Protocols
  • Breast (10K PDF)
  • Colon & Rectum (10K PDF)
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma (10K PDF)
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (10K PDF)
  • Lung (10K PDF)
  • Neuroblastoma (10K PDF)
  • Radical Prostatectomy (10K PDF)
  • TURP (10K PDF)
  • Retinoblastoma (10K PDF)
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma (10K PDF)
  • Wilms Tumor (10K PDF)
• Treatment Guidelines Resource List (10K PDF)
• 4.6 NCCN Guidelines Prostate CA (10K PDF)
• 4.6 NCCN Guidelines Colon CA (10K PDF)
• 4.6 NCCN Guidelines Lung CA (10K PDF)
• 4.6 Policy and Procedure - CAP Protocols (10K PDF)
• 4.6 Improving Documentation of Pathology Reports (45K PDF)
• Frequently Asked Questions November 2008 (40K PDF)

Standard 5.1

• Clinical Trials Information (15K PDF)

Standard 8.1 and 8.2

• Quality Improvement Plan (360K PDF)
• Study of Quality Summary (25K PDF)
• Quality Improvement Best Practices (75K PDF)
• 8.2 Patient and Family Resources Center (50K PDF)
• 8.2 Infusion Center Reducing Wait Time (40K PDF)
• 8.2 Increasing Access for Radiation Therapy (50K PDF)
• 8.2 Performance Improvement Plan (120K PDF)
• 8.2 Performance Improvement Activities Report (110K PDF)
• 8.2 Performance Dashboard Sample (70K PDF)
• 8.2 Annual Performance Improvement Report (30K PDF)
• 8.2 Performance Improvement Mission/Goal (25K PDF)