• Save Time - Download All the Cancer Protocol PDF’s at One Time (ZIP, 11.6 MB)
• Read about recent Cancer Protocol updates in the CAP TODAY September 2009
• What is the Center:
  A Video Overview
• CAP Cancer Protocols: Improving Patient Care Through Improved Cancer Reporting
• CAP Cancer Protocol Frequently Asked Questions
• Comment on the Protocols
• An Overview of the CAP Cancer Checklists
  (PDF, 69 KB)
• CAP Cancer Protocols Endorsed by Canadians

Pathologists can and should begin using the new version as soon as possible after January 1, 2010. Vendors should undertake implementation of the new checklists in their products as soon as possible.

The CAP recognizes that full implementation by some institutions and laboratory informatics software vendors may require a period of months. CAP plans to recognize a 7 month period of overlap in which either the previous version or the new version may be used. For cancer reports issued on or after August 1, 2010, the new version must be used and reliance on the previous version will no longer be considered acceptable.

For CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program (LAP) accredited laboratories inspected in 2011, only reports from the last quarter of 2010 will be audited by the inspector for compliance with the protocols. This approach will ensure that laboratories inspected in 2011 are evaluated for use of the new version of the CAP protocols.

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