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Cancer Surgery Standards Program

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Cancer Surgery Standards Program

Cancer Surgery Standards Program Overview

The Cancer Surgery Standards Program (CSSP) is dedicated to improving the quality of care for cancer surgery patients. The CSSP achieves better quality patient care by educating surgeons on the technical conduct of oncologic surgery and setting standards for surgical care. We aim to standardize operative documentation to accurately reflect oncologically-critical standards by developing protocols for cancer surgery.