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Contents
	Introduction Evaluation Coping Other Things to Consider Glossary Help

Decision Trees
	Screening for Distress Treatment for Mild Distress Treatment for Moderate or Severe Distress

Authors and NCCN Panel Members

The Distress Treatment Guidelines for Patients were developed by a diverse group of experts and were based on the NCCN clinical practice guidelines. These patient guidelines were written for patients, reviewed, and published with the help from the following individuals:

Terri Ades, MS, APRN-BC, AOCN
American Cancer Society

Joy Fincannon, MS, RN
American Cancer Society

Jimmie C. Holland, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Joan McClure , MS
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Shannan Rafine
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

The NCCN Practice Guidelines for Distress Management were developed by the following NCCN Panel Members:

Jimmie C. Holland, MD/ Chair
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Barbara Andersen, PhD
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University

William S. Breitbart, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Michele Dabrowski, LCSW
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Moreen M. Dudley, MSW
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Stewart Fleishman, MD
Consultant

Genevieve V. Foley, MSN
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/
University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

Caryl Fulcher, RN, MSN, CS
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Donna B. Greenberg, MD
Dana-Farber /Partners CancerCare

Carl B. Greiner, MD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center

Rev. George F. Handzo, MA, MDiv
Consultant

Joan Hermann, LSW
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Paul B. Jacobsen, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida

Sara J. Knight, PhD
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michael H. Levy, MD, PhD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Sharon Manne, PhD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Randi McAllister-Black, PhD
City of Hope Cancer Center

Amy Peterman, PhD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Michelle B. Riba, MD, MS
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Neal Slatkin, MD
City of Hope Cancer Center

Alan Valentine, MD
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Jay N. Weinberg, MBA
Founder, Corporate Angel Network

Michael A. Zevon, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

For more information on these treatment guidelines, or on cancer in general, call the NCCN at 1-888-909-NCCN or the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345. Or you can visit these organizations’ web sites at www.cancer.org (ACS) and www.nccn.org (NCCN).

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Educational Opportunities

NCCN 1st Annual Forum: Innovative Diagnostics & Therapeutics in Cancer Care™

September 4, 2008
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
New York, New York

NCCN 3rd Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies™

September 5 – 6, 2008
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
New York, New York

Exhibitor Information

NCCN Regional Guidelines Symposia

NCCN Colon, Rectal, & Anal Cancers Guidelines Symposia
Seattle, Washington (Wednesday, June 11, 2008)

NCCN Breast Cancer Guidelines Symposium
Palo Alto, California (Friday, June 20, 2008)

NCCN Kidney Cancer Guidelines Symposium
Birmingham, Michigan (Friday, June 20, 2008)