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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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AJCC 8th Edition Webinars

The AJCC Eighth Edition webinars are designed to provide instruction on staging rules, common questions, and disease site specifics. The staging rules will encompass examples from disease site chapters.

The recorded webinar registration will include a pre-education quiz and then the webinar will begin. A post-education quiz will be sent approximately four weeks after registering for the recorded webinar. The webinars will provide information on the staging rules with examples from disease site chapters, answering common questions during the demonstration of using CAnswer Forum, and specific disease site lecture.

CE Hours

One hour of continuing education (CE) has been pre-approved by NCRA for each of the webinars. This 1 CE hour meets the Category A requirement for continuing education (CE).

Learning Objectives

Introduction & Descriptors

  • Demonstrate purpose and approach to AJCC staging
  • Outline use of stage descriptors and guidelines
  • Dissect 8th edition 1-page guide

Minor Rule Changes

  • Examine key rules with their rationale
  • Identify minor rule changes between 7th & 8th editions
  • Dissect reasons for minor changes

Major Rule Changes

  • Examine major rule changes between 7th & 8th editions
  • Dissect reasons for major changes
  • Identify differences between stage for patient care and data analysis

CAnswer Forum & Staging Questions

  • Examine search techniques for CAnswer Forum
  • Develop new knowledge while inspecting forum function

Head & Neck Staging

  • Explain cervical nodes and unknown primary tumors
  • Examine importance of EBV and HPV-mediated (p16+)
  • Analyze extranodal extension (ENE)

Breast Staging

  • Examine prognostic stage group criteria
  • Inspect clarifications for assigning categories
  • Identify changes in breast staging

Webinar Instructions

Download the handouts for the recorded webinar

  1. Register when ready to immediately view the webinar, registration includes a pre-education quiz
  2. Answer the poll questions during the webinar
  3. Take the post education quiz in the follow-up email four weeks after the webinar
  4. SAVE the GoToWebinar follow-up email as proof of attendance

Please note: Category A CE of 1 hour available for each webinar. Attendance documentation is the responsibility of the attendee. AJCC will ONLY provide confirmation to NCRA for CE audits.

Webinar Materials and Information

Eighth Edition Overview
NCRA # N/A
Handout | Presentation

Introduction and Descriptors
2017-193
Handout | Presentation

Minor Rule Changes
2017-194
Handout | Presentation

Major Rule Changes
2017-195
Handout | Presentation

CAnswer Forum and Staging Questions
2017-196
Handout | Presentation

Head and Neck Staging
2017-197
Handout | Presentation

Breast Staging
2017-198
Handout | Presentation