CoC Best Practices Repository
Tools and best practice resources designed to help cancer programs meet the CoC Cancer Program Standards.
Cancer Program Standards 2012—Ensuring Patient-Centered Standards Care
Cancer Program Standards 2009 Revised Edition (2009 through 2011)
Standard 2.1
Standard 2.2
- Policy and Procedure Cancer Committee (10K PDF)
- Cancer Committee Agenda Template (40K PDF)
- 2.2 Cancer Committee Minutes (20K PDF)
- 2.2 Cancer Committee Minutes example 2 (30K PDF)
Standard 2.3
Standard 2.4
Standard 2.5
Standards 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9
- Cancer Conference Grid (40K PDF)
- 2.6 Cancer Conference Frequency and Format (20K PDF)
- 2.6 Cancer Conference Frequency and Format example 2 (10K PDF)
- 2.7 Cancer Conference Multidisciplinary Attendance Requirement (15K PDF)
- 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 Clinical Cancer Conference Policy January 2009 (40K PDF)
- 2.8 Cancer Conference Report 10% Annual Caseload (15K PDF)
- 2.8 Case Summary with Stage and Treatment Plan January 2009 (20K PDF)
- 2.8 Cancer Conference Case List March 2009 (15K PDF)
- 2.8 and 2.9 Quality Control Cancer Conference Grid (25K PDF)
- 2.9 Cancer Conference Grid January 2010 (55K PDF)
Standard 2.10 and 2.11
- 2.10 Cancer Registry Staging Discrepency Log March 2009 (15K XLS)
- 2.10 Quality of Cancer Registry Data January 2009 (20K PDF)
- 2.10 Collaborative Stage Quality Control Policy (12K PDF)
- 2.10 Quality Control of Cancer Registry Data (950K PDF)
- 2.10 Physician Abstracting Review Policy (16K PDF)
- 2.10 Quality Control of Registry Data Plan (15K PDF)
- 2.11 Cancer Site Specific Study March 2009 (20K PDF)
Standard 3
- 3.4 and 3.5 Follow-up Source Tips (10K PDF)
- 3.4 and 3.5 Patient Follow-up Letter March 2009 (15K PDF)
Standard 4.3
- 4.3 Plan to Monitor Quality of Patient Care March 2009 (20K PDF)
- 4.3 CoC Staging Change Physician Letter March 2009 (600K PDF)
- 4.3 AJCC TNM Staging Policy January 2009 (20K PDF)
- 4.3 Physician AJCC Staging Policy March 2009 (35K PDF)
- Clinical Staging Policy October 2008 (10K PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions November 2008 (45K PDF)
- 4.3 Clinical Staging Work Sheet January 2010 (40K PDF)
Standard 4.6
- Synoptic Definition and Samples January 2009 (40K PDF)
- Treatment Guidelines Resource List (10K PDF)
- 4.6 NCCN Guidelines Prostate CA (10K PDF)
- 4.6 NCCN Guidelines Colon CA (10K PDF)
- 4.6 NCCN Guidelines Lung CA (10K PDF)
- 4.6 Policy and Procedure - CAP Protocols (10K PDF)
- 4.6 Improving Documentation of Pathology Reports (45K PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions November 2008 (40K PDF)
Standard 5.1
Standard 8.1 and 8.2
- Quality Improvement Plan (360K PDF)
- Study of Quality Summary (25K PDF)
- Quality Improvement Best Practices (75K PDF)
- 8.2 Patient and Family Resources Center (50K PDF)
- 8.2 Infusion Center Reducing Wait Time (40K PDF)
- 8.2 Increasing Access for Radiation Therapy (50K PDF)
- 8.2 Performance Improvement Plan (120K PDF)
- 8.2 Performance Improvement Activities Report (110K PDF)
- 8.2 Performance Dashboard Sample (70K PDF)
- 8.2 Annual Performance Improvement Report (30K PDF)
- 8.2 Performance Improvement Mission/Goal (25K PDF)
Disclaimer
The American College of Surgeons does not warrant or make any guarantees or assurances related to outcomes of treatment provided by institutions that have cancer programs accreditation by the Commission on Cancer.
Revised December 7, 2011