Association of Cancer Physicians

Abbreviation	ACP
Formation	1994
Type	Specialty Medical Association
Legal status	Charitable Organisation
Location	United Kingdom
Website	theacp.org.uk

The Association of Cancer Physicians (ACP) is a specialty association in the United Kingdom for medical oncologists. The ACP is recognised by the Royal College of Physicians and the Department of Health, and provides training and regular meetings for members.^[1]

Membership of the ACP gives medical oncologists an independent voice in the affairs of the Royal College of Physicians, the Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology (JCCO) and the Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC), who supervise training and accreditation.

Through this, we:

Promote the views and interests of medical oncologists to the DoH and RCP
Influence policy on consultant expansion
Develop training curricula and the upcoming specialty examination
Participate in NICE appraisal and guideline development
Encourage the development of best practice to benefit patients
Nominate members for National Clinical Excellence Awards

Meetings and workshops

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Calendar of Events^[2]

2017

18–19 March: The Association of Cancer Physicians New Consultants Group Meeting, Manchester
15–16 June: UK Oncology Forum Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Association of Cancer Physicians, Birmingham
13 October: The Association of Cancer Physicians Workshop on Immunotherapies, Manchester
14–15 October: The Association of Cancer Physicians Trainees Weekend, Manchester

2016

12 March: The Association of Cancer Physicians New Consultants Group Meeting, Manchester
14 October: The Association of Cancer Physicians Workshop on Patient Centred and Integrated Cancer Care, Manchester
15–16 October: The Association of Cancer Physicians Trainees Weekend, Manchester
7 November: The Association of Cancer Physicians Annual General Meeting, NCRI Conference, Liverpool
11 November: The Late Medical Effects of Cancer Treatment, The Royal College of Physicians, London

2015

Friday 6 March Third Symposium on primary breast cancer in older women, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
7–8 March ACP New Consultants Group Weekend, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Birmingham
18 September British Geriatrics Society Oncogeriatrics Special Interest Group Meeting, Wellcome Collection, London
17–18 October ACP Cancer Physicians in Training weekend, DoubleTree by Hilton, Manchester Piccadilly

Publications

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Response to 'Cancer Drug, Ethics and Survival' published in the BMJ^[3]
Association of Cancer Physicians Strategy, published in eCancer^[4]
Letter to the Secretary of State for Health regarding junior doctors' contract^[5]
Review of the Pattern of Cancer Services in England and Wales, Southampton^[6]

Textbooks

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Problem Solving through Precision Medicine,^[7] Clinical Publishing, 2016
Problem Solving in Old Cancer Patients,^[8] Clinical Publishing, 2015 - Winner of the BMA Medical Books Awards, 2016
Problem Solving in Acute Oncology,^[9] Clinical Publishing, 2014

References

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^ "What is the ACP?". theacp.org.uk.
^ "ACP Calendar". theacp.org.uk.
^ Dangoor, Adam; Joffe, Johnathan; Januszewski, Adam; Mansi, Janine; Cunningham, David; Selby, Peter (5 December 2016). "The Association of Cancer Physicians responds to "Cancer drugs, survival, and ethics"". BMJ. 355: i6487. doi:10.1136/bmj.i6487. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 27920029. S2CID 13729778.
^ Baird, Richard; Banks, Ian; Cameron, David; Chester, John; Earl, Helena; Flannagan, Mark; Januszewski, Adam; Kennedy, Richard; Payne, Sarah (1 January 2016). "An Association of Cancer Physicians' strategy for improving services and outcomes for cancer patients". ecancermedicalscience. 10: 608. doi:10.3332/ecancer.2016.608. PMC 4762575. PMID 26913066.
^ "Letter to the SoS for Health from the ACP" (PDF). theacp.org.uk.
^ Review of the pattern of cancer services in England and Wales, (Association of Cancer Physicians (United Kingdom))
^ Copson, Ellen; Hall, Peter; Board, Ruth; Cook, Gordon; Selby, Peter (30 November 2016). Problem Solving Through Precision Oncology: A Case Study Based Reference and Learning Resource. Place of publication not identified: Clinical Publishing. ISBN 9781846921117.
^ Ring, Alistair; Mansi, Janine; Harari, Danielle; Kalsi, Tania; Selby, Peter (30 November 2015). Problem Solving in Older Cancer Patients: A Case Study Based Reference and Learning Resource. Clinical Publishing, an imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781846921100.
^ Marshall, E.; Clark, P.; Young, A.; Selby, P. (1 November 2013). Clark, P. I. (ed.). Problem Solving in Acute Oncology (1 ed.). Clinical Publishing, an imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781846921087.