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In This Issue

• These Are Curious Times
• A Changing Arsenal
• A Shocking Diagnosis for a Man
• A One-in-a-Million Breast Cancer Diagnosis
• She Knows the Value of Mammograms
• Mastectomy Was Her Decision
• She's Making Each Day Count
• Grandmother's Strategy: Fight and Pray
• Clinical Trials Advance Treatment Options
• Breast Cancer Surgery Options
• Radiation Therapy Can Keep Cancer from Returning
• Stages of Breast Cancer
• Join the Army of Women Helping Breast Cancer Research
• Ten Cancer Myths
• Breast Cancer Death Rates on the Decline
• Lymphedema Management Program
• Understanding Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer Getting the Facts, Finding Hope
• NorthBay Cancer Center Earns Approval with Six Commendations
• Relay Rallies Funds for American Cancer Society
• Digital Mammography Now Available at Women's Imaging Center
• Cardiac Surgery Has Successful Start
• First Mended Hearts Chapter Forms
• Saving a Heart of Gold
• NorthBay Awarded Chest Pain Center Designation
• NorthBay Health Care Launches Heart & Vascular Interventional Program
• Samer Kanaan, MD Joins Heart & Vascular Surgical Team
• A Dream With Wings
• NorthBay Invests in Green Technology
• Joint Replacement Program Celebrates Second Anniversary
• A Lifetime of Giving
• Wellspring Garners Publication Awards
• NorthBay Guild 'Care Carts' Visit Patients
• Local Teens Take on Nurse Camp
• Genentech's STRIDE Shares Gift with NorthBay's ABC Clinic
• NorthBay's Web Site Has New Look
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Celebrates 24 Years
• Experts Team Up for NorthBay Lecture Series
• Welcome New Physicians Fall 2009
• Community Health Education Classes

NorthBay Cancer Center Earns Approval with Six Commendations

September 21, 2009 · No Comments

NorthBay Cancer Center earned a full, three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons, including six commendations for outstanding performance in a report issued in May.

"I'm thrilled," says Cancer Data Coordinator Charlene K. Thompson. "It's an ongoing effort to give our patients the best quality care, and the report shows we're having success."

Only 40 percent of programs in the nation—1,409 in all—come through the evaluation process with both three-year approvals and commendations.

NorthBay Cancer Center has maintained accreditation since 1996. The report commended NorthBay's program for an active outreach program, impressive improvements, publication of annual reports and perfect quality of data submitted. NorthBay was also commended for furthering staff education and for timely case reporting.

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