What does NCCN stand for?
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a nonprofit alliance of 31 cancer centers throughout the U.S. Experts from NCCN cancer centers diagnose and treat all cancers, with a particular focus on complex, aggressive, or uncommon cancers.
Where is NCCN?
It is a non-profit organization with offices in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Ronald S. Walters, MD, MBA, MHA, MS, from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is chairman of the NCCN Board of Directors.
How do I check my NCCN Guidelines?
Visit www.unitedhealthcareonline.com. Under ‘Related Links’, click on NCCN Compendium Web site (free for UnitedHealthcare Online registered users)
What does a Category 1 mean in NCCN Guidelines?
The specific definitions of the NCCN categories for recommendations are: • Category 1: Based upon high-level evidence, there is uniform NCCN consensus that the intervention is appropriate; • Category 2A: Based upon lower-level evidence, there is uniform NCCN consensus that the intervention is appropriate; • Category 2B …
What are the NCCN Guidelines?
The NCCN Guidelines are a comprehensive set of guidelines detailing the sequential management decisions and interventions that currently apply to 97 percent of cancers affecting patients in the United States.
Are NCCN Guidelines free?
To use the NCCN Guidelines App, an individual must be a registered user on NCCN.org. There is no fee to become a registered user on NCCN.org and to view the NCCN Guidelines.
What is Category 2B in NCCN Guidelines?
Category 2B: The recommendation is based on lower level evidence, and there is non-uniform consensus that the recommendation should be made. In these instances, because the evidence is not conclusive, institutions take different approaches to the management of a particular clinical scenario.
What does NCCN category 2A mean?
Who writes NCCN Guidelines?
The NCCN Guidelines are developed and updated by 60 individual panels, comprising over 1,660 clinicians and oncology researchers from the 31 NCCN Member Institutions. These panel members are multidisciplinary, disease- and issue-specific subspecialists who are clinicians, researchers, and advocates.