Thank you for your interest in CoC accreditation. The CoC is a nationally recognized multidisciplinary accreditation program. By working with our national partners, the CoC has developed comprehensive, patient-centered standards for cancer programs. Your cancer program will be evaluated against these standards to demonstrate compliance and your commitment to providing high-quality cancer care.
Approximately 1,500 CoC-accredited cancer programs in the United States treat more than 70% of recently diagnosed patients with cancer annually in the US. We encourage your cancer program to become part of this important network of accredited cancer programs dedicated to delivering high-quality cancer care!
If your cancer program is submitting an application for a site visit in 2022:
If your program has any questions, please contact Sue Rubin.
* The COVID-19 Accreditation Tracker may not be used in lieu of standard compliance.
The CoC provides tools, resources, and data that enable cancer programs to deliver comprehensive, high-quality, multidisciplinary evidence-based, patient-centered care to their patients with cancer.
Annually, all CoC-accredited programs are required to submit data to the Rapid Cancer Reporting System (RCRS). The data include—but are not limited to—patient characteristics, cancer staging and tumor histological characteristics, type of first-course treatment administered, and outcomes information. CoC-accredited programs are provided with access to web-based tools to support quality improvement, community assessment, and cancer program administration. The tools can be used to:
RCRS reporting tools make CoC-accredited programs better at addressing data quality issues, identifying patient care challenges, and focusing their performance improvement efforts in a way that benefits the patient.
We offer in-person workshops and webinars to educate you about the standards and reporting tools, best practices to support compliance with the standards, and tips and techniques for preparing for the onsite visit.
Resources are provided to assist you in recording and tracking your cancer program activity for select standards in between and in preparation for site visits.
Your program is given access to the CAnswer Forum online community to ask questions, search topics, and connect with cancer program colleagues across the country to share best practices.
Promote your CoC-accreditation to your community with a variety of resources made available to accredited programs, including certificates, posters, and banner stands. Your cancer program is also promoted to the public through the American College of Surgeons Find an Accredited Cancer Program tool.
If you are interested in applying as a new Integrated Network Cancer Program (INCP) or National Cancer Institute-Designated Network Cancer Program (NCIN), please review the Guidelines to Form an INCP/NCIN.
Anticipated Site Visit |
Standard Compliance Period |
Reference Date Established (no later than) |
2022 |
2021 |
January 1, 2020 |
2023 |
2022 |
January 1, 2021 |
2024 |
2023 |
January 1, 2022 |
2025 |
2024 |
January 1, 2023 |