ACCC, ASCO, & Corporate Member 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 and is available online at http://www.accc-cancer.org/mediaroom/newsletters/2009/media_ACCCNEWSLETTER_3-16-2009.html. ANCO is an Institutional Member of ACCC. This edition features:

Send a Message to Congress: Support HR 1392, Fair Drug Reimbursement

This is the Week: ACCC's Annual National Meeting Gets Underway

Secret Exhibitor Contest

ACCC to Release Revised Cancer Program Guidelines

ACCC to Host Three Regional Oncology Symposia

Virtual Colonoscopies: Promising for Whom?

Potential New Target for Melanoma Treatment Identified

Q&A on ACCC's Listserv: Breast Center Efficiencies

ACCC's CE Blackboard: A Full Range of Courses

Join Us on Facebook and LinkedIn

State Medical Oncology Societies Host Membership Meetings


****ASCO NEWS****
The American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) e-News was published and is available online at http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5c157976640d7b7117&m=ff2d16787160&ls=fdf313737662037b751c7277&l=fe5b157573660c747115&s=fdf2157972640d79751d7073&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe291672716c0479721d72. ANCO is a state/regional affiliate of ASCO. This edition features:

Application Deadline Extended to March 23 for the ASCO-AACR Workshop

Apply for the Accelerating Anticancer Agent Development and Validation Workshop

Registration and Housing Now Open for the Best of ASCO® Meetings

Read ASCO's First Provisional Clinical Opinion in JOP

Read the JCO Original Report, "Supervised Risk Predictor of Breast Cancer Based on Intrinsic Subtypes"

ASCO Seeks Candidates for Upcoming JCO Editor-in-Chief Term

Cancer Policy Alert: Prompt-Pay Legislation Introduced in House of Representatives; President Obama Overturns Stem Cell Policy

New Resources Available to Help Discuss Cancer Chemoprevention with Patients

Virtual Meeting, Podcast Access Available from the 2009 GU Cancers Symposium

For Your Patients
Special Cancer.Net Podcast: What's New in Lung Cancer with Mark Kris, MD

Cancer.Net Feature: HPV and Cancer

Cancer.Net Feature: Understanding Targeted Treatments

Cancer.Net Feature: Colonoscopy: What to Expect

Register and Reserve Housing for the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida

Comment on the ASCO-ONS Standards for Safe Chemotherapy Administration

Visit ASCO's EHR Social Network Site


****CORPORATE MEMBER NEWS****
Novartis Oncology, an ANCO Corporate Member, and P4Healthcare invite ANCO members to participate in webinars on Exjade and MDS (visit http://registration.p4healthcare.com/go/invite/live/webconference21 for details). There are several webinar dates to choose from in the remainder of March and in April. This webinar series is open to all healthcare professionals (HCP’s). If practices want to participate, then please e-mail Louis Chinn at LChinn@P4Healthcare.com with the following information:

· Practice contact (contact’s name, title, practice name, phone, email)
· Name and title of each participating staff member
· Desired session date/time per staff member

This webinar also qualifies for the P4Healthcare Administrators Support Program (with an honorarium available to participants). Please contact Louis Chinn for details.