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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 May;40(5 Suppl 2):S198–S207. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.01.014

Table 2.

Selected National Performance Measurement Systems for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Indicators, 2010

Sponsor Date
Program
Originated		 Data
Sources		 Cancer Clinical
Effectiveness
Domains		 Source of
Guidelines		 Users Provider
Quality
Improvement		 National or
Regional
Benchmarking		 Peer to Peer
Comparison		 Public
Reporting
ACS/ (CoC) EQUIP 2007 Cancer Registries

  • Breast Cancer

  • Colorectal Cance

 NCCN, ASCO, ACS 1460 CoC Accredited Cancer Centers YES YES NO NO
ASCO, Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) 2006 Medical Records

  • Breast Cancer

  • Colorectal Cancer

  • Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

  • End of Life

  • Symptom/toxicity Management

  • Non–Small cell lung cancer

 ASCO, NCCN 238 Medical Oncologists’ and Hematologists’ Practices YES YES NO NO
NCCN, Outcomes Research Database 1998 Cancer Registries, medical Records

  • Multiple Tumor Types

 NCCN 21 Comprehensive Cancer Centers YES YES YES NO
ASTRO, PAAROT 2008 Medical Records

  • Targeted by Type of Radiation Oncology Therapy (e.g., Brachytherapy)

  • Prostate, breast, and gynecologic cancers

 ASTRO, ACR 156 Radiation Oncologist Practices YES YES NO NO

ACR, ACS, American College of Surgeons; ASCO, American Society of Clinical Oncology; ASTRO, American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology; CoC; Commission on Cancer; EQUIP, NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; PAAROT, Performance Assessment for the Advancement of Radiation Oncology Treatment