UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center have earned accreditation once again from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. To achieve renewal of its CoC accreditation, a site visit was conducted to confirm compliance with accreditation standards that evaluate the cancer care services.
"What the Commission on Cancer accreditation means is that we have proven the effectiveness of our multidisciplinary approach that treats cancer as a complex group of diseases requiring collaboration among our surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other health care professionals caring for cancer patients," cancer center Director Primo "Lucky" Lara Jr. said. "Cancer patients also benefit from having access to our clinical trials, screening and prevention events, palliative care, genetic counseling, rehabilitation, oncology nutrition, and survivorship services."
The cancer center maintains a cancer registry and contributes data to the National Cancer Database (NCDB), a joint initiative of the CoC and the American Cancer Society. The NCDB is a clinical oncology database sourced from hospital registry data collected from CoC-accredited facilities. These data are used to analyze and track patients with malignant neoplastic diseases, their treatments, and their outcomes. Online reporting tools provide the program with comparative benchmarks for similar programs. In addition, the program has access to reporting tools for quality improvement, quality assurance, and surveillance.
Established in 1922 by the American College 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 Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.
