Alabama Cancer Congress

Acc promotes education, advocacy, and a sense of community for professional medical Cancer organizations. Acc believes in this difficult healthcare environment that their focus is to advocate for excellent patient care while supporting the interests of Alabama Cancer care providers.advocacy - mobilize political force when needed for providers and/or patients; form relationships with congressmen and health liaisons; build a comprehensive membership database.sense of community - understand the totality of care being provided around the state; act on behalf of all the state Cancer care providers when dealing with insurance companies, third party payers, etc. ; develop closer relationships between different organizations in the state representing Cancer medicine (asco, opn, ons, asro, etc. ); build relationships with other related organization (i.e., masa).education - provide an outlet for continuing medical education of different types to help our members; keep up to date with the latest in advocacy and clinical knowledge; reach out to other Cancer providers through our meetings and different types of continuing education credits.