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National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers

NAPBC Recognizes Accredited Sites

March 30, 2023

The ACS NAPBC recognizes the following breast site for demonstrating their commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered cancer care to patients and the community by recently earning NAPBC reaccreditation:

Integrated Breast Center
Oxnard, CA

Piedmont Athens Regional Breast Health Center
Athens, GA

The Women’s Health Center
Honolulu, HI

Deaconess Breast Center
Evansville, IN

AdventHealth Hendersonville
Hendersonville, NC

Metropolitan Methodist Hospital Breast Center
San Antonio, TX

In This Issue

From the Director's Desk

Smooth Leadership Transition

By now most of you have seen the announcement of my plans to retire from my current position as Medical Director of ACS Cancer Programs.

Cancer Programs News

ACS Accepting Applications for Cancer Programs Medical Director

Following the recent announcement regarding Dr. Nelson’s retirement, the ACS is accepting applications through April 21, for a Medical Director of the ACS Cancer Programs.

Cancer Programs News

Sign Up to Participate in Beyond ASK by April 3

Beyond ASK is a yearlong national Quality Improvement project sponsored by ACS Cancer Programs that seeks to build a program’s capacity to offer cessation assistance to newly diagnosed cancer patients who report that they are currently smoking.
Cancer Programs News

National Cancer Registrars Week

The ACS Cancer Programs recognizes cancer registrars during the 27th annual National Cancer Registrars Week, April 3–7.

Cancer Programs News

CRP and CoC to Launch Survivorship Services Survey

The ACS Cancer Research Program (CRP) and CoC are conducting the Survivorship Services Survey, to learn more about existing cancer survivorship programs across CoC-accredited programs for patients treated for adult-onset cancer.

Cancer Surgery Standards Program

CoC Standard 5.6 Video Now Available

The Cancer Surgery Standards Program (CSSP) Education Committee has developed a brief video summarizing the requirements and best practices for compliance with CoC Standard 5.6: Colon Resection.
Education

Register Today for NAPRC Standard 5.10 Webinar

Mark your calendars for the NAPRC webinar Standard 5.10 Photographs of Surgical Specimens: Challenges and Solutions with Implementing the Standard, at 3:00 PM CT on April 18.

From the Field

Register Today for NNRT’s Patient Navigation Webinar

The American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable (NNRT) is hosting the webinar Reaching Communities through Patient Navigation: Evidence for Action from 2:30 to 3:45 pm CT on May 2.
From the Field

LBBC’s 2023 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer

Registration is open for the Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) 2023 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer, April 28 - 30 in Philadelphia and virtually.

Commission on Cancer

CoC Recognizes Accredited Sites

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

The Latest from Cancer Programs

Save the date for upcoming Cancer Program events.