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Cancer Education

ACS Cancer Conference: Harnessing the Power of Collaboration

March 13–14, 2025

Collaboration among physicians, administrators, and care providers at the local, regional, and national level strengthens efforts to ensure that high-quality care is available to all patients with cancer. The 2025 ACS Cancer Conference will bring additional focus to collaboration efforts by addressing the linkages among national organizations and between physicians, advance practice providers, and allied health professionals at the local facilities. Sessions will also address current advances to cancer care, enhancements to data collection and analysis, research results, and national quality improvement efforts.

The workshops offered in conjunction with the conference will introduce revised accreditation standards outlined in Optimal Resources for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC standards), report on implementation activities and clarify requirements for Optimal Resources for Breast Centers (NAPBC standards) implemented in 2024, and focus on cultivating quality improvement knowledge and skills.

Objectives

At the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the current and future collaboration efforts at all levels and how collaboration improves the quality of cancer for patients with cancer.
  • Illustrate and enact collaboration methods that will strengthen provider performance and patient care in local settings.
  • Compare and contrast best practice examples and study outcomes to identify the best options for improving the quality of care in local settings. Develop a strategy to share these options with local cancer-care leaders.

High-Level Agenda

March 13, 2025 - 8:00 am–6:45 pm

General Session 1: Welcome and Keynote Address

General Session 2: Expanding Accreditation Opportunities: Growing Your Portfolio

Track Session 1

Accreditation

Research

Quality

Clinical

Common Deficiencies and how to Mitigate Them

Inside the lack Box: FDA 101

Stakeholders in Quality: Who, What, When, and How

Hot Topics: Trends in Cancer Care

Track Session 2

Accreditation

Research

Quality

Clinical

Success at the Site Visit: Using the Corrective Action Plan to Address Challenges

Ethics in Research

Leveraging Data Success to Conduct Local QI Projects

Hot Topics: Trends in Cancer Care

General Session 3: Demonstrating the Value of Accreditation
Rapid Fire Poster Presentations

General Session 4: Next Steps to Improving Operative Quality
Opening Reception, Poster Showcase, and Exhibitor Launch

March 14, 2025 - 8:00 am–3:30 pm

General Session 5: Keynote Panel - Focusing on Value: National Organizations Work Together

General Session 6: Engagement Within Programs: Working Together to Improve Care             

Track Session 3

Accreditation

Research

Quality

Clinical

Documenting Program Performance

What’s New at NCDB

Collaborating Through Quality Improvement: What We Have Accomplished Nationally

Integrating Genetics and Genomics into Multidisciplinary Care

Track Session 4

Accreditation

Research

Quality

Clinical

Marketing Your Accredited Program: Getting the Word Out

Studies from the PUF Files

The Next Iteration of Quality Measures

The Current Role of Immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment

Track Session 5

Accreditation

Research

Quality

Clinical

Focusing on Future Needs: Better Data; Faster Data

How to Establish and Grow a Research Program

Meet the Experts: Answers to Your Questions

Exercise Oncology: Improving Pre-treatment and Post-treatment Care

General Session 7: Leveraging Inclusion to Support Care Excellence
Wrap up and Adjourn

Note: Schedule subject to change

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits for physicians, Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Credits for nurses, and Continuing Education (CE) Credits for Cancer Registrars will be available.

Questions? Please email your inquiry to cancerprogramsevents@facs.org.