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In light of the publication of the Independent Cancer Taskforce report, "Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015-2020" in July, the ACP strategy was reviewed and updated. Peter Selby and Professor Johnathan Joffe have led the development of the ACP Strategy paper which was authored by a number of ACP members. This comprehensive document includes the aims of ...Posted on
The ACP held a one-day workshop on Precision Oncology at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Manchester Piccadilly on Friday 16th October 2015. The meeting was in recognition that new cancer drugs, supported by biomarkers which aid in the selection of treatment, will increasingly come to dominate oncology practice in future. The day included a mix of overview lectures and case discussions, and also...Posted on
The London Cancer Alliance (LCA), in conjunction with CW+ (the charity for Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust) has supported the development of an app containing the LCA Acute Oncology Guidelines, which can assist clinicians to better manage patients who go to hospital with a new cancer diagnosis or with complications resulting from their treatment or diseaseWhile useful for all areas of hea...Posted on
A new innovative acute oncology e-learning course has been developed to help ensure that appropriate training and education is provided to a broad range of healthcare professionals dealing with cancer emergencies. Acute oncology is a new area of cancer medicine which focuses on the management of patients with complications of their cancer diagnosis and/or treatment as well as those with a new acut...Posted on
New Executive Committee - The committee has recently been significant expanded. We now have regional representatives, and new roles such as a Deputy Chair and Clinical Effectiveness Lead. You can see a list of roles and members in the About ACP section. Meetings and website - With the expansion in members the organisation is looking at expanding its capacity to organise educational me...Posted on
The AGM took place as usual at the NCRI conference in Liverpool. The main presentation covered issues such as manpower planning and the RCP Census, the revised Constitution, Shape of Training, the Chemotherapy Board, the Speciality Exam, Revalidation, and new members. You can see the slides here.Posted on
The slides from this meeting held in October of last year are posted here for members access. We are grateful to our sponsors Macmillan, CRUK, Roche and Eisai for their support of this educational meeting. It was endorsed by SIOG (International Society of Geriatric Oncology), as well as approved by the RCP for 6 category 1 (external) credits. The slides are linked to below as passwor...Posted on
You may be interested in the recently published ACP book on Acute Oncology, Problem Solving in Acute Oncology edited by Ernie Marshall, Alison Young, Peter Clark and Peter Selby, which has been produced in collaboration with the ACP and has been sponsored by the association using funds generated from previous meetings. The purpose of the book is to focus on the issues around...Posted on
The new "Acute oncology on the acute medical unit" toolkit has been produced by the RCP. Author Dr Ernie Marshall, is a consultant medical oncologist at the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. Download no longer available. The toolkit includes: a quick guide to common oncology emergencies key stages of patient management in the first four and 24 hours how to avoid the a...Posted on
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