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Press Releases

• New Study in JNCCN Raises Questions about Resource Availability at Hospitals on Weekends and Holidays  (06/21/2018)
• New, Reliable Source of Free Information for People with Liver, Gallbladder, or Bile Duct Cancer, Offered by NCCN  (06/19/2018)
• Breast Cancer Survivors Aren’t Getting Recommended Number of Mammograms Post-Surgery, Study Finds  (05/24/2018)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network Announces New Chief Medical Officer  (05/17/2018)

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Health Care Policy News

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NCCN eBulletin Newsletter

June 11, 2018 | Volume 10 Issue 12

• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® and NCCN Compendium^® for Uterine Neoplasms, Radiation Therapy Compendium™, & NCCN Evidence Blocks™
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Templates^® for Bone, Breast, and Kidney Cancers & NCCN Evidence Blocks™ for Colon and Rectal Cancers
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® for Hepatobiliary Cancers and NCCN Templates^® for Primary Cutaneous B-cell Lymphomas
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® for Anal Carcinoma
• Thousands of NCCN Pocket Guidelines were distributed during the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting. Order your FREE copies today!
• Improving care through ACCESS to comprehensive education. See page 41 to learn more about NCCN CE events and programs.
• Updated: NCCN Guidelines for Patients^®: Noninvasive Breast Cancer

May 29, 2018 | Volume 10 Issue 11

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network Announces New Chief Medical Officer
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network Begins Work on Guidelines to Improve Cancer Care in the Caribbean
• Breast Cancer Survivors Aren’t Getting Recommended Number of Mammograms Post-Surgery, Study Finds
• NCCN Policy Report: Redefining Quality Measurement in Cancer Care
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® and NCCN Compendium^® for Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers & Gastric Cancer, and NCCN Evidence Blocks^TM for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^®, NCCN Compendium^®, and NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium^TM for Thyroid Carcinoma
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^®, NCCN Compendium^®, NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium^TM, and NCCN Imaging AUC^TM for Bladder Cancer
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis & NCCN Templates^® for Hodgkin Lymphoma

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NCCN in the News

• Targeted Oncology: Efficiency in Cancer Costs Can be Achieved Without Sacrificing Quality, HICOR Report Finds  (06/21/2018)
• HCV New Drugs: Patient Friendly - NCCN new guideline for liver, gallbladder, and bile duct cancers  (06/21/2018)
• JCP: NCCN Offers New Resource for Patients With Hepatobiliary Cancers  (06/21/2018)
• OncLive: As the Global Burden of Cancer Rises, Can Fellowship Training Adapt?  (06/20/2018)

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NCCN Member Institutions in the News

• STAT: A new cancer care dilemma: Patients want immunotherapy even when evidence is lacking  (06/04/2018)
• Text Messaging Intervention Improves Quality of Life, Lowers Distress Related to Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients  (06/04/2018)
• Two UAB recipients awarded prestigious honors from NCCN  (05/02/2018)
• Real Estate Industry Luminary Yat-Pang Au of Veritas Investments To Be Honored with City of Hope’s Prestigious Spirit of Life® Award at Dinner Gala on Sept. 26  (05/01/2018)

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