Association of Cancer Care Centers Announces 41st National Oncology Conference

Rockville, MD – Oncology professionals from across the country will convene October 9-11 in Minneapolis, MN, for the ACCC 41st National Oncology Conference. Under the theme of “Realizing Innovation,” the conference will feature education and resources for participants to implement in their own cancer programs and practices, how-to presentations from 2024 ACCC Innovator Award-winning programs, and opportunities to engage with other cancer professionals to identify solutions to meet current challenges in oncology care.

Agenda information is available on the ACCC website. Journalists can contact Sonali Doshi for press registration.

The 3-day event will feature nearly 30 sessions, including presentations from the  6 recipients of the 2024 ACCC Innovator Awards, each with replicable programs that improve cancer care delivery and the patient experience. Those winners are:

• Mercy Oncology Services in Saint Louis, Missouri, for its innovation: Smart-Texting High-Risk Patients After Chemotherapy Reduces ED Visits
• Munson Healthcare, Cowell Family Cancer Center in Traverse City, Michigan, for its innovation: Implementation of a Bispecific T-Cell Engager Therapy Program at a Community Cancer Center
• RWJBarnabas Health, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey,  for its innovation: A Sustainable Model for Improved Quality for Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance and Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection
• St. Luke’s University Health Network, St. Luke’s Cancer Center in Easton, Pennsylvania, for its innovation: A One-Stop Breast Clinic Improves Time to Diagnosis and Patient Satisfaction
• The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio, for its innovation: Leveraging the EHR to Automate Biosimilar Selection and Streamline the Prior Authorization Process
• University of Colorado – UCHealth, University of Colorado Cancer Center in Aurora, Colorado for its innovation: Creating a Community-Wide Safety Net for Centralized Tracking and Management of Incidental Lung Nodule Findings

Other Featured Sessions at the ACCC 41st National Oncology Conference

Wednesday, October 9

• ACCC Financial Advocacy Network Pre-Conference
• ACS-AONN+ Navigation Pre-Conference: Building Sustainable Navigation

Thursday, October 10

• Leveraging Community Expertise: The Integration of Community Health Workers in Clinical Practice from Northern Togo to the South Bronx
• A 'Point of Care' Model Improves Genetic Testing at a Community Practice
• Series Express: Reimagining Patient Check-in at Multi-Treatment Cancer Centers
• A Community-Based Approach to Cancer Screening and Prevention
• Virtual Remote Nurse Triage Impact on RN Recruitment, Clinic-Based Nursing Workload, and Improved Patient Satisfaction
• The Hawaiʻi Cancer Consortium: An Equitable Clinical Trials Initiative
• Strategies for Growing an Oncology Nutrition Program
• Renacer: Culturally Tailored, Patient-Centered Survivorship Care Improves Access and Outcomes
• Staging Compliance: How Utilization of Lean Six Sigma and the DMAIC Process Can Impact Quality Improvement
• Tailoring Skin Cancer Education for People of Color

Friday, October 11

• Come Together: A Global Perspective on Cancer Care Delivery
• More than Words: Leveraging Governance and Partnerships to Advance Health Equity
• Developing a Malignant Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant APP Fellowship
• Innovation In Navigation: An Early Phase Clinical Trial Nurse Navigator
• HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer: Current Clinical Insights
• Navigating Access and Equity: Providing the Answers That Matter
• Supporting Children in Underrepresented Communities Whose Parent Has Cancer