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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Ensuring Quality Cancer Care Through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Care in the 21st Century: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12613.
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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Ensuring Quality Cancer Care Through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Care in the 21st Century: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12613.
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Acronyms AACN American Association of Colleges of Nursing AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology ASPH Association of Schools of Public Health CDA Career Development Award CME continuing medical education CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services DEXA dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry DO Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine EMR electronic medical record FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration FTE full-time employee GED General Education Degree GME graduate medical education HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 73

74 ENSURING QUALITY CANCER CARE IOM Institute of Medicine MD Medical Doctor MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission NCI National Cancer Institute NIH National Institutes of Health NINR National Institute of Nursing Research NP nurse practitioner ONS Oncology Nursing Society PA physician assistant RN registered nurse TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) predicts that by 2020, there will be an 81 percent increase in people living with or surviving cancer, but only a 14 percent increase in the number of practicing oncologists. As a result, there may be too few oncologists to meet the population's need for cancer care. To help address the challenges in overcoming this potential crisis of cancer care, the National Cancer Policy Forum of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened the workshop Ensuring Quality Cancer Care through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Care in the 21st Century in Washington, DC on October 20 and 21, 2008.

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