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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.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

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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Cancer Education

Requirements for Operative Standards for Cancer Programs: Standards 5.3–5.8

Webinars in this series, address the specifications and requirements of the Operative Standards for Cancer Programs: Standards 5.3–5.8.

2022 Site Visit Preparation for CoC Standards 5.7 & 5.8

August 30, 2021

  • Recording | Slides | Summary & FAQ
  • During this webinar, a multidisciplinary panel briefly reviews CoC Standards 5.7 and 5.8, discusses the site review process and measures of compliance, reviews available resources, and answers questions from attendees.

Best Practices for Compliance with CoC Standards 5.7 & 5.8

June 3, 2021

  • Recording | Slides | Summary & FAQ
  • This webinar reviews requirements and best practices to achieve compliance with Standards 5.7 and 5.8, guidance on auditing compliance rates at your institution, and recommendations from pathologists on how to optimize communication with surgeons.

Implementation Strategies for Synoptic Operative Reporting

March 23, 2021

  • Recording | Slides | Summary & FAQ
  • This webinar reviews the options available for implementation of synoptic operative reporting for CoC Standards 5.3–5.6 and discusses the value of synoptic reporting.

CSSP Webinar on CoC Standard 5.8: Pulmonary Resection

December 15, 2020

  • Recording | Slides | Summary & FAQ
  • In this webinar, a multidisciplinary panel discusses the purpose of Standard 5.8, best practices for achieving compliance, and the role of evidence-based standards in improving outcomes for patients with cancer.

CSSP Webinar on CoC Standard 5.7: Total Mesorectal Excision

December 7, 2020

  • Recording | Slides | Summary & FAQ
  • In this webinar, a multidisciplinary panel discusses the purpose of Standard 5.7, best practices for achieving compliance, and the role of evidence-based standards in improving outcomes for patients with cancer.