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Show LDS Hospital gets ACS approval administration, nursing, social services, ser-vices, rehabilitation and the tumor registry. -An established tumor registry with two years of patient data and one year of successful (minimum of 90 percent) patient follow-up. -Patient-oriented, multi-disciplinary multi-disciplinary cancer conferences conducted weekly or monthly, depending de-pending on the number of cancer cases each year. The cancer program at LDS Hospital has been awarded a three-year three-year approval by the Committee on Approvals of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The approval process is administered adminis-tered by the Hospital Cancer Program Prog-ram (HCP) of the ACS and is intended in-tended to encourage participating hospitals to equip and staff themselves them-selves so they are able to provide the best in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. In its letter announcing the approval, the ACS said, "All elements ele-ments appear to be in place and functioning to provide an educational, educa-tional, multi-disciplinary exchange on cancer patient management, to encourage quality control and audits, and to monitor the success of primary and secondary treatment treat-ment through long-term follow-up. "Congratulations on attaining a full three-year approval of your outstanding teaching hospital can cer program. We commend you and your staff for the excellent efforts put forth to maintain your program, especially in regards to your cancer committee leadership, your cancer conference activity, and your cancer registry operation." opera-tion." The HCP recognizes that cancer is a complex group of diseases and promotes consultation among family physicians, surgeons, medical oncologists, diagnostic and therapeutic radiologists, pathologists and other cancer specialists. spe-cialists. HCP approval depends on: An established multi-disciplinary multi-disciplinary cancer committee that meets quarterly and provides the overall leadership of the cancer program. Committee membership should include representatives from surgery, internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, diagnostic and therapuetic radiology, pathology, pathol-ogy, and family practice, as well as |
