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  2. National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Collaboration between numerous professional organizations served as the driving force behind the creation of the NAPRC and its standards. [8] To create the new standards and address the disparities between treatment in Europe and the U.S., the OSTRiCh (Optimizing Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer) Consortium was created by the American College of Surgeons and its Commission on Cancer (CoC ...

  3. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - Wikipedia

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    ACS CAN produced the ad to push to Congress to make cancer a national priority when addressing the country’s budget deficit. The ad features the Wall of Hope which was created during ACS CAN’s Celebration on the Hill in 2006. The wall held 1,584 sticky notes with messages from people across America to their loved ones who have battled cancer.

  4. American College of Surgeons - Wikipedia

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    The ACS was founded in 1913 as an outgrowth of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America that had existed since 1910 as an outgrowth of the journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, an initiative of ACS Founder Dr. Franklin H. Martin.

  5. Covidien Unveils Sonicision™ Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection ...

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    Sonicision(TM), the medical industry's first cordless ultrasonic dissection device, is a hand-held, pistol-grip style, battery-powered surgical device that is indicated for a wide variety of ...

  6. SafeStitch Medical®, Inc. Will Attend the American ... - AOL

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    SafeStitch Medical®, Inc. Will Attend the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress to Present the AMID™ Hernia Fixation Device MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SafeStitch Medical®, Inc ...

  7. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

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    Each clinical practice guideline has been systematically researched, reviewed and revised by the SAGES Guidelines Committee and also evaluated by an appropriate multidisciplinary team. Guidelines are scheduled for periodic review to allow incorporation of pertinent new developments in medical research knowledge, and practice.

  8. Kathryn Anderson - Wikipedia

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    The same year, she became secretary and the first woman officer of the American College of Surgeons. From 1999 to 2000, she served as the first woman president of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. [1] [3] [4] One major area of research interest from 1972 to 2004 was esophageal replacement in children and infants. [2]

  9. National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - Wikipedia

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    To that end, Congress passed Public Law 99-166 in December 1985 which mandated the VHA to report their outcomes in comparison to national averages and the information must be risk-adjusted to account for the severity of illness of the VHA surgical patient population. In 1991 the National VA Surgical Risk Study (NVASRS) began in 44 Veteran's ...