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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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Protocols for Cancer Surgery Documentation

Essential Tool for Every Operative Report

Protocols for Cancer Surgery Documentation provide evidence-based guidance on the collection of essential data and key aspects of cancer surgery to be included in the medical record and can serve as a useful educational tool for surgeons.

Featuring

  • A comprehensive operative report template in synoptic format
  • Concise descriptions of each data element
  • Supporting Knowledge Platform with explanatory notes
  • Site-specific illustrations
  • Applicable FHIR mapping and data collection codes

Each protocol was developed by site-specific experts and is a practical companion to the Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery manuals, which offer concrete, evidence-based recommendations on technical components of cancer surgery

Purchase Your Copy Today

Each protocol is available in print and digital formats.

Each protocol is also available on Kindle.

The mission of the Cancer Surgery Standards Program is to define and implement cancer surgery standards so that surgeons and institutions can readily adopt and easily integrate them into the accreditation process.

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