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 at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/2009/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_1-20-2009.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:
Register Today: ACCC's 35th Annual National Meeting, March 18-21, 2009
HHS Pushes Back Compliance Deadline for ICD-10-CM Codes to Oct. 1, 2013
Oncology Society Presidents Gather to Discuss Outlook for Cancer Care in 2009
ACCC Cancer Care Patient Navigation Project: Six Centers Chosen
House Committees Propose Medicare Payments to Physicians Using EHR
ACCC Continues Work on New Compendia-Based Drug Bulletin
Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: Billing for Indigent Patients Receiving Free Drugs
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
**** Managing Glioblastoma Multiforme and Metastatic Brain Tumors: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Guidelines and Current Treatments****
You are invited for an upcoming CME dinner meeting entitled, Managing Glioblastoma Multiforme and Metastatic Brain Tumors: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Guidelines and Current Treatments. This activity is jointly sponsored by Medical Education Resources, Inc. and MedLearning Inc. The activity is supported by an educational grant from Eisai Inc.
This activity is intended for neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, neurosurgery nurses, and oncology nurse specialists who treat patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Speakers:
Lynn S. Ashby, MD
Barrow Neurological Institute
Timothy C. Ryken, MD, MS, FACS
University of Iowa Health Care
Date:
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Agenda:
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Registration
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Dinner and Meeting
Venue:
Harris’s Restaurant
2100 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this program or wish to register, please call (877) 963-3532 between the hours of 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM ET, Monday through Friday.
**** 8th Annual Allison Taylor Holbrooks/Barbara Jo Johnson Breast Cancer Conference****
Northern California Cancer Center will be hosting its 8th annual conference for breast cancer survivors, families, friends, and medical professionals. It will be held Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Golden Gate Club, The Presidio of San Francisco.
The conference format includes a general session in the morning and afternoon breakout sessions. This program will provide information about current and new treatments; interaction of drugs/herb/medicine; music as medicine; complementary and alternative treatment; reconstructive surgery; young women’s issues; DCIS; treatment side effect management; lymphadema; psychosocial and quality of life issues; sexuality. Individuals from Bay Area medical intuitions and patient/family members compose the conference faculty.
Registration: :;30 AM to 8:30 AM Program: 8:30 AM to 3:45 PM
Conference Registration fee is $25.
Breakfast and lunch are included. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Continuing Education Credit fee of $35 is offered to RN, MFT, LCSW.
Program details and registration will appear on our Education Program Schedule at www.nccc.org after January 5.
For specific questions call 1-888-315-5988 or send an e-mail to education@nccc.org.
Program brochures will be mailed in January, 2009
****11th Annual Multidisciplinary Management of Cancers: A Case-based Approach****
The 11th Annual Multidisciplinary Management of Cancers: A Case-based Approach meeting takes place March 20th-22nd at the Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa. Tumor boards include:
Breast
Dilemmas in Patient Management
Ethics, Supportive, & Palliative Care
Gastrointestinal
Genitorurinary
Head and Neck
Hematologic Malignancies
Lymphoma
Thoracic
Please visit http://cancer.stanford.edu/calendar/events/2009/2009Silverado.html for more information and to register.
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