The NCCN/American Cancer Society partnership

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) partnered with the American Cancer Society two years ago in an effort to translate the NCCN Practice Guidelines for professionals into guidelines for patients. The response from patients to the first two guidelines was overwhelmingly positive. The fol...

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Published inOncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) Vol. 14; no. 11A; p. 213
Main Authors McGivney, W T, McGinnis, L, Gansler, T S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2000
Subjects
American Cancer Society - organization & administration
Humans
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Practice Guidelines as Topic
United States
United States
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Summary:The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) partnered with the American Cancer Society two years ago in an effort to translate the NCCN Practice Guidelines for professionals into guidelines for patients. The response from patients to the first two guidelines was overwhelmingly positive. The following panel discussion provides some background information on this alliance and discusses the development and highlights of their latest collaboration, the Colorectal Cancer Patient Guidelines.
ISSN:0890-9091