A new study in JNCCN finds that, contrary to screening recommendations, mammography rates decline over time as women get further out from their breast cancer diagnosis; African-American women in particular were less likely to receive the recommended amount of screening.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network collaborates with the Caribbean Association for Oncology & Hematology to create NCCN Harmonized Guidelines for the Caribbean
National Comprehensive Cancer Network releases NCCN Guidelines for Patients: AML
NCCN and MPN Research Foundation present Know What Your Doctors Know: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), a free webinar for experts to provide information and answer questions on diagnosis and treatment options.
The NCCN Foundation® announces Chinese, Czech, German, Italian, and Spanish translations of patient-focused booklets designed to help people with cancer make shared decisions about their treatment.
A study published in JNCCN estimates costs for people age 18 and up, ranks the price tags of the top four cancer types, and highlights potential cost-saving benefits of prevention and screening.
How to Define and Find Value in Cancer Care: Experts debate how to provide the most valuable care for people with cancer during keynote addresses and roundtable discussion at the NCCN 23rd Annual Conference
The NCCN Oncology Research Program’s Shared Resource Database is now available to all cancer centers in the United States, in order to facilitate more cancer research.
NCCN announces 2018 Young Investigator Awards: Rebecca Arend, MD, UAB Comp. Cancer Ctr; Yin Cao, MPH, ScD, Siteman Cancer Ctr at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington U. Sch of Medicine; Tim Luetkens, MD, Huntsman Cancer Inst. at the U. of Utah; Edwin R. Manuel, PhD, City of Hope; and Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
NCCN presented awards during the NCCN 23rd Annual Conference to Crystal Denlinger, MD, Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH, Warren Smedley, MSHA, Ronald Walters, MD, MBA, MHA, MS, and Kristin Kline Hasson.
Largest study to date addressing the prevalence of metabolic abnormalities in testicular cancer survivors who received prior chemotherapy publishes findings in the latest issue of JNCCN
23rd NCCN Annual Conference: Improving the Quality, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of Cancer Care will take place March 22 – 24, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, and address value-based healthcare models, payer perspectives, new NCCN Guidelines, and other updates in cancer care.
New NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Cancer in People Living With HIV seek to reduce unnecessary, deadly cancer care gaps.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Oncology Research Program (ORP) announces the selection and implementation of the iEnvision medical affairs platform developed by Envision Technology Solutions.
New guidelines developed collaboratively by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) offer clinicians much needed recommendations for assessment and management of side effects related to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
• World Cancer Day 2018 highlights the global equity gap in accessing early detection, treatment, and care services • UICC calls for more equal access to reduce premature cancer and non-communicable disease deaths by 25% by 2025 in line with WHO targets • Consolidated country-by-country statistics on cancer incidences and mortalities, national cancer control plans and registries and access to radiotherapy based on latest GLOBOCAN and WHO data
NCCN Reaches New Records for Guidelines, Resources, and Programs with eight million copies of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) downloaded by more than one million people across the globe in 2017.
Intermountain Healthcare has endorsed the The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Imaging Appropriate Use Criteria (NCCN Imaging AUC™). Intermountain will aggregate the NCCN AUC for lung cancer with its own AUC and utilize the content for decision support.
A new study in JNCCN finds majority of people with cancer would like their physicians to ask them where they would prefer to receive end-of-life care.
A new study in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network highlights the need to improve access to stereotactic radiosurgery following radiotherapy to treat brain metastases for minority and lower-income populations.
Cancer survivors and patient advocates joined clinicians, employers, policy makers, and pharmaceutical and biotech industry representatives to address survivorship in cancer care at NCCN Patient Advocacy Summit.
Brand new NCCN Guidelines® map out best practices for treating patients with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma.
New study in JNCCN calls for more planning and research to prepare for the increasing financial burden of treating breast cancer.
NCCN and Pfizer announce funding for projects evaluating different clinical care pathways to improve breast cancer care, with a particular emphasis on underserved patients.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network introduces targeted regional resources created in collaboration with the African Cancer Coalition, the American Cancer Society, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative.
Growing NCCN registration numbers help ensure that new cancer treatment developments reach patients worldwide.
Original research in JNCCN advocates for hospital emergency departments to develop systems that will reduce unnecessary hospitalizations for older patients with cancer.
New NCCN Guidelines for Patients® cover the basics and beyond for patients and caregivers coping with myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Completed compendium serves as the definitive source of radiation protocols for treatments used with nearly two-thirds of patients with cancer , and is available for free for a limited time.
As reported in JNCCN, a recent study by researchers at The University of Sydney found that 29% of breast cancer clinical trials lack control arms consistent with the standard of care.
NCCN 12th Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies™ will be held October 6 – 7, 2017 in San Francisco, California, and features a new Nursing Forum.
NCCN categories of preference will provide guidance on which recommendations within the NCCN Guidelines are optimal, while providing a range of recommendations to accommodate a variety of clinical circumstances.
Providing access to NCCN Templates® through MEDITECH’s Web EHR offers practitioners up-to-date, evidence-based cancer treatment protocols at the point of care to assist in shared decision-making.
An NCCN ORP-funded study, examining effectiveness of bavituximab combination in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastomas, enrolled its first patient at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
Integration of the NCCN Content into the Evinance Decision Support Platform will provide clinicians with access to the latest evidence-based treatment information at the point of care.
Together with the NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Colon Cancer, these free resources aid in decision-making for patients with colon and rectal cancers.
As published in JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found significant racial and gender-based disparities in outcomes among patients with locoregional anal cancer.
100 cancer centers throughout the country have pledged to adopt a life-saving administration policy for vincristine
NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards provide funding over a two-year period for research initiatives focused on assessing and improving outcomes in cancer care.
Integration of NCCN clinical recommendations into ION Solutions’ IntelliDoseTxM system will provide oncologists access to evidence-based treatment decision support based on the NCCN Guidelines®.
As published in JNCCN, a University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center study found that adherence to distress screening protocols set by the Commission on Cancer could lead to 18% fewer ER visits and 19% fewer hospitalizations.
University of Pennsylvania study reveals narrow network insurance plans cut out access to NCCN Member Institutions and other top comprehensive cancer centers throughout the United States
As published in JNCCN, a Siteman Cancer Center study uncovered potential to significantly improve NCCN Guidelines-concordant care in patients with early-stage breast cancer.
The NCCN Policy Summit: Ensuring Patient Access and Safety in Cancer Care takes place on Thursday, June 15, 2017, from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
New Collaboration Will Grant CancerLinQ Subscribers Streamlined Access to the NCCN Compendium®
These studies were funded through a collaboration with AstraZeneca to evaluate the effectiveness of osimertinib in EGFRm+ non-small cell lung cancer
NCCN and Pfizer seek grant proposals for use of clinical care pathways aimed at quality improvement along the continuum of care for patients with breast cancer.
As published in JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a Gundersen Health System study found that most patients look for guidance on physical activity during cancer care, but oncologists do not feel equipped to give recommendations.
This week at the ONS 42nd Annual Congress, experts from The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins present results of a patient safety initiative to administer vincristine via IV mini-bag, rather than syringe, echoing NCCN’s Just Bag It Campaign.
The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, launched in March 2017, provides a single access point for radiation therapy recommendations within 33 NCCN Guidelines®.
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