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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM 16 UCW APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2021 When patients receive care at a Commission on Cancer accredited facilit y, they also have access to information on clinical trials and new treatments, genetic counseling and patient centered services. Cape Fear Valley cancer treatment program earns national accreditation a STAFF REPORT e Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Sur- geons has granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center as an Academic Compre- hensive Cancer Program. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and main- tain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. Only 13% of cancer treatment programs hold the Academic Comprehensive Cancer Program designation. "is accreditation is considered the gold standard in cancer care," said Cape Fear Valley's Executive Corporate Director of Oncology Services Kanwar Singh. "It's a voluntary accreditation with prescriptive standards, and we challenge ourselves to meet these rigorous quality care standards. Because the accreditation is multi-disci- plinary in nature, it also acknowledges the teamwork from areas of Cape Fear Valley beyond the Cancer Center." e Academic Comprehensive Cancer Program designation is an advancement from the program's previous designation as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Program, and further means that the pro- gram participates in postgraduate medical education in at least four program areas, and that it participates in cancer-related clinical research as well as offering the full range of diagnostic and treatment either on-site or by referral. Cape Fear Valley Health has residency programs in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, General Sur- gery and Emergency Medicine. Because it is a CoC-accredited cancer program, Cape Fear Valley Cancer Treat- ment and Cyberknife Center takes a multi- disciplinary approach to treating cancer as a complex group of diseases that requires consultation among surgeons, medi- cal and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists and other cancer specialists. is multidisci- plinary partnership results in improved patient care. e CoC Accreditation Pro- gram provides the framework for Cape Fear Valley Cancer Treatment and Cyberknife Center to improve its quality of patient care through vari- ous cancer-related programs that focus on the full spec- trum of cancer care including prevention, early diagno- sis, cancer staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, life-long follow-up for recur- rent disease, and end-of-life care. When patients receive care at a CoC facility, they also have access to informa- tion on clinical trials and new treatments, genetic counseling and patient centered services including psycho-social support, a patient navigation process, and a survivorship care plan that documents the care each patient receives and seeks to improve cancer survivors' quality of life. Like all CoC-accredited facilities, Cape Fear Valley Cancer Treatment and Cy- berknife Center maintains a cancer registry and contributes data to the National Can- cer Data Base, a joint program of the CoC and American Cancer Society. is nationwide oncology outcomes da- tabase is the largest clinical disease registry in the world. Data on all types of cancer are tracked and analyzed through the NCDB and used to explore trends in cancer care. CoC-accredited cancer centers, in turn, have access to information derived from this type of data analysis, which is used to create national, regional and state bench- mark reports. ese reports help CoC facili- ties with their quality improvement efforts. ere are currently more than 1,500 CoC- accredited cancer programs in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. CoC-accredited facilities diagnose and/or treat more than 70% of all newly diagnosed patients with cancer. When cancer patients choose to seek care locally at a CoC-accredited cancer center, they are gaining access to comprehensive, state-of-the-art cancer care close to home. e CoC provides the public with informa- tion on the resources, services, and cancer treatment experience for each CoC-ac- credited cancer program through the CoC Hospital Locator at https://www.facs.org/ search/cancer-programs. Established in 1922 by the American Col- lege of Surgeons, the CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving patient outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients through standard- setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive, quality care. Its membership includes Fel- lows of the American College of Surgeons. For more information, visit : www.facs.org/ cancer. For more information about the Cape Fear Valley Health System and its services visit www.CapeFearValley.com. HEALTH make your Radio sound funny. Mornings 6am to 10am on WFAY. Bud & Broadway