CoC Recognizes Accredited Sites

The ACS has announced the launch of its Power of Quality campaign—a national, multiyear campaign aimed at improving patient care by expanding the reach of ACS Quality Programs to more hospitals nationwide.

New research from the ACS outlines significant ways that the COVID-19 pandemic destabilized usual patterns of cancer care as reported in the National Cancer Database (NCDB).

Following the recent announcement regarding the retirement of Heidi Nelson, MD, FACS, the ACS is accepting applications through April 21, for a Medical Director of the ACS Cancer Programs.

The Cancer Surgery Standards Program Education Committee has developed a brief video summarizing the requirements and best practices for compliance with Commission on Cancer (CoC) Standard 5.5: Wide Local Excision for Primary Cutaneous Melanoma.

May is Melanoma Awareness Month and May 1 is Melanoma Monday.

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will host a symposium, 2023 Imaging of Alimentary Tract Cancers: Challenges and Opportunities in the Multidisciplinary Management of GI Cancers, May 8-9 at the Zuckerman Research Center in New York, NY. Register by April 24 for the early discounted rate.

The nonprofit organizations—Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered and Living Beyond Breast Cancer— are collaborating on efforts to gauge the gaps in breast cancer information and resources among people who are transgender, non-binary, or gender diverse.

The ACS NAPBC recognizes these sites for demonstrating their commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered cancer care to patients and the community by recently earning NAPBC reaccreditation.

Save the date for upcoming Cancer Program events.