ACCC, ASCO, & CMA News

The following information has been received by ANCO.


****ACCC NEWS****
The Association of Community Cancer Center's (ACCC) This Week At ACCC was published today and is available online at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_12-22-2008.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

IOM Document on Colorectal Cancer Screening Available Online

Register Today: March 18-21, 2009, ACCC's 35th Annual National Meeting

FDA Approves Genzyme's Mozobil

ACCC’s Drug Database and Compendia-Based Drug Bulletin Put on Hold

ACCC's Website to Be Upgraded and Improved

Prostate Cancer Prevention Study Shows No Benefit for Use of Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements

Oncology Review Journal Available Online to ACCC Members

Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: Incentivizing Hospital-Employed Medical Oncologists

ACCC's CE Blackboard: Lung Cancer, Year in Review

Take Our Survey: Oncology Issues and ACCC's Website

State Medical Oncology Societies Host Membership Meetings


****ASCO NEWS****
The American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) e-News was published today and is available online at http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe54157873650d757c15&m=ff2d16787160&ls=fdf112797d60067f7116717d&l=fe52157576620c787c1c&s=fdf2157972640d79751d7073&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe3216717260057b741774. ANCO is a state/regional affiliate of ASCO. This edition features:

ASCO Recognized by FDA and Honored with Award

Cancer Policy Alert: FDA Issues Q&A on Medication Guides for ESAs; ASCO Launches Health Information Technology Social Networking Site

Check Out the Newest JCO Original Report on In Vivo Electroporation

Read the Newest JOP Feature, "Continued Regulatory Actions Affecting the Use of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs)"

Still Time to Register for the Jan. 15-17 GI Cancers Symposium

Early Registration Deadline for the 2009 GU Cancers Symposium: Jan. 23

Application Deadline for the 2009 IDEA Award: Jan. 14

Application Deadline for the 2009 ASCO Loan Repayment Program, Funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®: Jan. 15

Apply for the Medical Student Rotation, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Apply for the Resident Travel Award, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Check Out the Event, Cancer Advances: A Public Forum on Gastrointestinal Cancers

ASCO Expert Corner: Cancer Rates Across the Globe

Cancer.Net Feature: Seven Steps for a Healthier New Year

Cancer.Net Podcast: Cancer and the Winter Months


****CMA News****
The California Medical Association's (CMA) Alert was published today and is available online at http://www.calphys.org/html/news.asp. It featues:

Medical Board Changes CME Reporting Requirements

Obama Administration Looks at Health Care Reform

Physicians Can Earn 2% Medicare Bonus for e-Prescribing

Deadline to Make Medicare Participation Decisions for
2009 Is 12/31

Order CMA's 2009 Model Medical Staff Bylaws

CMA Foundation Publishes 2009 Antibiotic Awareness Toolkit

Save the Date: 2009 Leadership Academy

Benefit of the Week: 30-50% off Epocrates