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NCCN Launches On-Demand Learning at www.nccn.org
Accredited Presentations Available to Oncology Professionals
JENKINTOWN, Pa., August 9, 2005 — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) announced that CE-accredited presentations are now available online and on CD-ROM for oncology professionals. The presentations feature talks from NCCN experts recorded at regional guidelines symposia and the NCCN 10th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Outcomes Data in Oncology™.
“NCCN is pleased to provide valuable information about advances in cancer care to oncology clinical professionals by offering these on-demand presentations,” said William T. McGivney, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, NCCN.
Annual Conference topics include:
- Farnesyl Transferase Inhibition in Hematologic Malignancies
- Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Cancer Patients
- NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™: Myeloid Growth Factors in Cancer Treatment
- Nursing Topics in Oncology Care
- Proteasome Inhibition as a Novel Therapeutic Approach in the Management of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (CD-ROM only)
- Targeted Therapies as Innovative Mechanisms of Action in the Management of Cancer: EGFR Inhibition in Head and Neck Cancers
- Trends in the Management of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.
Presentations of NCCN regional guidelines symposia now available include Cancer- and Treatment-Related Fatigue and Anemia (Web only). CE-accredited presentations from other regional guidelines symposia will be available soon. These include: NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™: Breast Cancer; NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™: Colorectal Cancers; and NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
For more information about NCCN On-Demand Learning, contact NCCN at 215-690-0300.