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National Comprehensive Cancer Network publishes free NCCN Guidelines for Patients with information on improving well-being and reducing suffering and distress for people with cancer; available at NCCN.org/patientguidelines . The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is announcing new resources focused on improving quality of life for people with cancer while making sure care planning reflects individual needs and priorities. […]

Dr. Denlinger is currently NCCN’s Chief Scientific Officer and previously served as Chair and Member of multiple NCCN Guidelines Panels—in charge of maintaining gold-standard evidence-based expert consensus cancer treatment recommendations. Today the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)—a not-for-profit alliance of leading academic cancer centers—announced Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, FACP, as incoming Chief Executive Officer (CEO).…

United States-based National Comprehensive Cancer Network enters strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese medical information website to publish and translate evidence-based expert consensus guidelines for cancer care; now available at nccnchina.org.cn. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)—an alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States—is announcing a new collaboration with Medlive to share NCCN Clinical Practice…

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Distress Thermometer helps people with cancer worldwide receive better care by empowering discussion and recommending best practices for managing psychological wellness. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) today announced an updated NCCN Distress Thermometer, available in more than 70 languages, to help people around the world identify and address psychosocial stressors that…

NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Colorectal Cancer Screening now translated into multiple languages to help people worldwide understand why, when and how to screen for colorectal cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) today announced new translations of the recently-published NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Colorectal Cancer Screening. This free resource—made possible through funding from the NCCN Foundation®—is now accessible to…

International collaboration publishes first of several evidence-based expert consensus guidelines with latest cancer treatment recommendations, beginning with cervical cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)—an alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States—today announced the publication of new NCCN Guidelines® for Cervical Cancer: Poland Edition. This is the organization’s most-recent collaboration to…