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June 10, 2004
Daniel Bacal, M.D., Surgery, recently received a three-year appointment as Cancer Liaison Physician for the Hospital Cancer Program at Methodist Hospitals. The Cancer Liaison Physician Program is an integral part of the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons.
As Cancer Liaison Physician, Dr. Bacal is responsible for fostering and communicating CoC initiatives at the facility level, and for coordinating community outreach activities in conjunction with the cancer committee. He will also develop goals for the cancer program to include the provision of support services and prevention and early detection programs to the community; works with the local American Cancer Society on strategies to accomplish community outreach goals and other cancer control projects of interest to the facility; and utilizes facility cancer patient data submitted to the CoC's National Cancer Database (NCDB).
Dr. Bacal is among a national network of more than 1,600 volunteer Cancer Liaison Physicians who provide leadership and support to the CoC Approvals Program and other Commission on Cancer activities at their local facility.
Dr. Bacal has a significant interest in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with malignant diseases and provides direction as a member of the multidisciplinary cancer committee at Methodist in order to maintain or seek CoC approval of their cancer program.
The Commission on Cancer is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to reducing the morbidity and mortality of cancer through education, standard-setting, and monitoring quality of cancer care.
In an effort to assist the more than 1.3 million Americans diagnosed with cancer each year, Cancer Liaison Physicians at CoC-approved programs facilitate participation in the Commission's Facility Information Profile System (FIPS). FIPS is a data-sharing project between the CoC and the American Cancer Society, which provides the public with information on facilities' resources, services and cancer experience. These data are shared with the public through the ACS National Call Center, 800-ACS-2345 or by visiting www.cancer.org.
For more information on the Cancer Liaison Program and the Commission on Cancer, contact the Commission on Cancer at the American College of Surgeons, call 312-202-5085 or visit www.facs.org/cancer/.
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