Results of an American College of Surgeons Prospective National Quality Improvement Collaborative to Successfully Overcome Barriers to Cancer Care Across the US
Breaking Barriers is the largest prospective study to decrease rates of missed radiotherapy appointments across multiple program types, census regions, and disease sites. These findings demonstrate the strength of ACS-led National QI Collaborative as an effective large-scale approach to address modifiable barriers to high-quality cancer care delivery.
Authors
- Laurie J. Kirstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-4282)
- Corey Biggins
- Eileen M. Reilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7280-0827)
- Sharon S. Gentry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-0681)
- Charles Shelton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3537-8057)
- Bruce George Haffty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-6019)
- Ronald J. Weigel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9249-0793)
- Kelley Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1579-2428)
- Anthony D. Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-0974)
- Lauren M. Janczewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-3519)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- Franciscan Health (US)
- The Outer Banks Hospital (US)
- The Navigator (Portugal) (PT)
- Rutgers Cancer Institute (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- American College of Surgeons (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001637
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36