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Note: NCCN neither reviews nor approves press releases announcing the inclusion of tests, agents, and/or therapies listed within the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®). For any additional commercial use of NCCN Content in promotional and educational materials, NCCN requires a license and review of content.

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Press kits, media advisories, and information on upcoming events.

Press Releases

• NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™ is Now Complete, Providing Radiation Treatment Recommendations for All 41 Disease Sites   (10/12/2017)
• Study Finds “Standard Care” Treatments in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Not Always Standard  (09/27/2017)
• Nation’s Experts in Hematologic Malignancies to Discuss Latest Treatment Advances and Examine Patient Cases during NCCN 12th Annual Congress   (09/22/2017)
• NCCN Guidelines to Include Categories of Preference  (09/15/2017)

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Health Care Policy News

• Narrow Insurance Networks Leave Patients with Little Choice   (07/06/2017)
• What’s Next? NCCN Gathers Health Care Policy Experts to Deliberate Challenges to Patient Safety and Access to Cancer Care under the New Administration   (06/01/2017)
• NCCN Survey: AHCA Would Impede Overall Access to Cancer Treatment (The Cancer Letter)  (04/25/2017)
• NCCN Survey Reveals Oncology’s Concerns about Financial Distress, Patient Access to Care  (04/19/2017)

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NCCN eBulletin Newsletter

October 2, 2017 | Volume 9 Issue 20

• NCCN Academy Brings Together Experts to Deliberate Challenges and Opportunities for Patient Access, Collaboration, and Guidelines Development
• Nation’s Experts in Hematologic Malignancies to Discuss Latest Treatment Advances and Examine Patient Cases during NCCN 12^th Annual Congress
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™ & NCCN Guidelines with NCCN Evidence Blocks™
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® for B-Cell Lymphomas & Hairy Cell Leukemia; NCCN Guidelines with NCCN Evidence Blocks™ for Central Nervous System Cancers
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^®, NCCN Compendium^®, NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, & NCCN Imaging AUC™ for Small Cell Lung Cancer
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Guidelines^® & NCCN Compendium^® for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers
• NCCN has Published Updated Patient Resources for a Variety of Cancers

September 18, 2017 | Volume 9 Issue 19

• NCCN Guidelines to Include Categories of Preference
• NCCN Flash Update: Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, NCCN Templates^®, & NCCN Guidelines with NCCN Evidence Blocks™
• NCCN Flash Update: NCCN Templates^®
• NCCN Flash Update: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

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NCCN in the News

• September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (WOAY-TV ABC)  (08/18/2017)
• Few Women with History of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Take Recommended Genetic Test (UCLA Fielding School of Public Health)  (08/18/2017)
• New NCCN Patient Resources for Rectal Cancer Now Available  (08/11/2017)
• Black Men Have Lowest Survival Rates Among Patients with Anal Cancer  (08/09/2017)

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NCCN Member Institutions in the News

• Study Finds “Standard Care” Treatments in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Not Always Standard  (09/27/2017)
• NCCN Announces First Patient Dosed in NCCN-Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Collaborative Study of Bavituximab   (09/07/2017)
• Link between Air Pollution and Cancer Risk (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance)  (08/18/2017)
• GIST Tumors Linked To NF1 Mutations, Genetic Testing Needed (UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center)  (08/18/2017)

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