About NCCN
NCCN History
On January 31, 1995, a press conference was held to announce the creation of a national
alliance to develop and institute standards of care for the treatment of cancer
and perform outcomes research – and so the NCCN was born. With 13 original
NCCN Member Institutions, the goal was to ensure delivery of high-quality, cost-effective
services to people with cancer across the country. NCCN became a developer and promoter
of national programs to facilitate the fulfillment of NCCN Member Institution missions
in education, research, and patient care. Now an alliance of 27 of the leading
cancer centers, NCCN develops and communicates scientific, evaluative information
to better inform the decision-making process between patients and physicians, ultimately
improving patient outcomes.
November 1993 – NCCN was formally incorporated
January 1995 – NCCN was announced as a national alliance to develop and institute standards of care for the treatment of cancer and perform outcomes research
1995 – Bruce R. Ross, leads NCCN as Chief Executive Officer
February 1996 – The NCCN 1st Annual Conference
is held and attracts 321 attendees
November 1996 – The first NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) are published for the following disease types: Acute Leukemia and Breast, Colon, Lung, Ovarian, Pediatric, Prostate, and Rectal Cancers
January 1997 – William T. McGivney, PhD, leads NCCN as Chief Executive Officer
July 1997 – NCCN launches its first database, the NCCN Oncology
Outcomes Database for Breast Cancer, at five NCCN Member Institutions
March 1998 – NCCN.org, NCCN's website for clinicians, launches
May 1998 –The NCCN Treatment Guidelines for Patients are first developed
March 1999 – NCCN establishes what is now known as the Oncology
Research Program (ORP)
December 2001 – The first Complete Library of NCCN Guidelines®
is made available
January 2003 – The first issue of JNCCN–Journal of the National
Comprehensive Cancer Network is published
November 2004 – The first NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium
(NCCN Compendium®) chapter is available
September 2006 – The NCCN 1st Annual Congress:
Hematologic Malignancies™ is held and attracts 365 attendees
May 2008 – NCCN Chemotherapy Order Templates (NCCN Templates®)
for Bladder, Kidney, and Prostate Cancers and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia are made
available
April 2009 –NCCN launches its first patient site as NCCN.com
July 2009 – NCCN launches its first live webinar program,
NCCN Oncology Case Management Program™: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, attracting
over 230 attendees
May 2010 – The NCCN Foundation® is created
September 2010 – The NCCN Guidelines for Patients®
are published
September 2012 – NCCN launches the Virtual Library of NCCN
Guidelines for tablet computers
December 2012 – NCCN Biomarkers Compendium® becomes
available on NCCN.org
January 2013 – Robert W. Carlson, MD, joins NCCN as Chief Executive Officer
June 2013 – NCCN implements NCCN Core Values
July 2013 – NCCN International Educational Activities Program (NCCN IEAP) launches on NCCN.org/ieap
August 2013 – NCCN launches NCCN Patient and Caregiver Resources at NCCN.org/patients
December 2013 – NCCN launches NCCN Guidelines apps for smartphones
May 2014 – NCCN Guidelines for Patients® become available for purchase on Amazon.com
September - December 2014 – NCCN publishes 20th annual editions of original eight NCCN Guidelines
December 2014 – NCCN reaches a record high of more than six million PDF downloads of the NCCN Guidelines from NCCN.org and NCCN Virtual Library of NCCN Guidelines mobile apps.
January 2015 – NCCN celebrates 20th anniversary view video >
March 2015 – NCCN launches NCCN Framework for Resource Stratification of NCCN Guidelines (NCCN Framework™)
October 2015 – NCCN launches NCCN Guidelines with NCCN Evidence Blocks™
June 2016 – NCCN launches NCCN Imaging Appropriate Use Criteria (NCCN Imaging AUC™)
July 2016 – NCCN accepted as CMS-Approved Provider Led-Entity for Development of Imaging Appropriate Use Criteria
November 2016 – NCCN launches Just Bag It: The NCCN Campaign for Safe Vincristine Handling
November 2016 – NCCN Guidelines for Patients® become available in mobile app format
March 2017 – NCCN launches NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™
March 2017 – The launch of JNCCN 360 is announced during the NCCN 22nd Annual Conference