Association for Value-Based Cancer Care

 
You're invited to submit an abstract for the Second Annual AVBCC Conference. This is an opportunity to share research, programs, and results with your peers. This session will facilitate communication among the various professionals and programs to advance the knowledge of all our members and those in attendance. There are several categories of abstracts, so please choose the category that best fits your abstract.

Submit an Abstract/Poster

Please join us, March 29-31, 2012 at the JW Marriott in Houston, Texas for our second annual conference. This year's conference will specifically focus on Strategies for Optimizing Cancer Care Delivery and will educate providers and payers on ways in which cancer care can be better delivered in a value-based model.
 
Register now and save $100 at www.regonline.com/avbcc2012

A recent article published in The Lancet Oncology examines the impact of caner in developed countries, specificially the cost associated with patient care and the issues surrounding how to deliver care in a cost effective manner. Please take a moment to read this article online at http://www.thelancet.com/commission/delivering-affordable-cancer-care-in-high-income-countries and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

In a recent article by Drs Thomas J. Smith and Bruce E. Hillner, the two doctors propose changes to oncologists' behavior, attitudes, and practice in order to reign in the cost of cancer. Please take a moment to read this article at http://healthpolicyandreform.nejm.org/?p=14541&query=home and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

Recently, Al B. Benson, III, MD, FACP shared his thoughts on the conference and some of the issues it provoked in the publication Value-Based Cancer Care^®. Read the full interview at: http://www.ValueBasedCancerCare.com/node/485