The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Confer

During the the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 15th Annual Conference, updates were presented for various NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Many cancers increase the risk of other serious events and many treatments have their own risks and adverse effects that must be managed.

NCCN is increasingly collaborating with other nations to develop foreign editions of its guidelines.

When adolescents and young adults develop cancer, clinicians contend with an entirely different set of considerations in treatment and follow-up.

New treatments are desperately needed for neuroendocrine tumors, said Leonard Saltz, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

George Somlo, MD, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, presented the updates to the NCCN Multiple Myeloma Guidelines.

These new guidelines were presented by Lee M. Krug, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

The escalating costs of cancer care combined with variations in concordance with evidence-based practice guidelines is could collapse the US Healthcare System.

At NCCN, Richard Klausner, MD, gave a spirited presentation on "New Advances in Molecular Diagnostics and Cancer."

This year's updates parse sarcomas, emphasize the importance of accurate pathology evaluations, and examine the value of molecular testing.

NCCN included a dinner symposium on Maintenance Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Paul F. Engstrom, MD, reviewed the recent changes to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for colon and rectal cancer.

At NCCN, B. Douglas Smith, MD, presented updates to the NCCN Acute Myeloid Leukemia Guidelines.

At NCCN, David Ettinger, MD, presented updates to the NCCN Occult Primary Guidelines.

An NCCN panel reviewed changes to the NCCN Breast Cancer Guidelines for invasive breast cancer.

Specialty pharmacies are meant to address gaps in care provided by community pharmacy practices.

For some time, medical science has recognized that the human papilloma virus (HPV) causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer.

Updates to the NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines were presented by James L. Mohler, MD.