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JNCCN Indexed in EMBASE, EMCare and Scopus

Peer-reviewed oncology journal now a part of several bibliographic databases

JENKINTOWN, Pa., August 11, 2006 — The NCCN is proud to announce that the JNCCN (Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network) is now indexed in Elsevier’s Bibliographic Databases, a leading global indexing service that includes EMBASE, EMCare and Scopus.

With inclusion in these additional bibliographic databases, JNCCN articles are more readily available to physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and students from around the world The EMBASE journal collection is international with over 5,000 biomedical journals from 70 countries. EMCare is drawn from more than 2,700 international source titles and includes close to two million records from nursing, allied health and biomedical literature. Scopus covers over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers, including coverage of 500 open-access journals, 700 conference proceedings, 600 trade publications, 125 book series, 28 million abstract records, and 245 million references. Scopus also covers 200 million quality web sources.

JNCCN, a monthly, peer-reviewed oncology publication, is already indexed in PubMed/Medline, the National Library of Medicine’s indexing service.

“JNCCN is very pleased to be included in these indexing resources,” said JNCCN editor-in-chief Rodger Winn, MD. “This recognition confirms that JNCCN will continue to be an indispensable resource for oncologists.”

“We also believe that these services selecting JNCCN for indexing is another sign of JNCCN`s growing stature as an information provider,” said managing editor Kimberly Callan.

JNCCN disseminates information across the cancer care continuum by publishing oncology guidelines and reporting rigorous outcomes data collected and analyzed by experts from the world`s leading care centers. JNCCN also provides a forum for original research and review papers focusing on clinical and translational research and applications of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ in everyday practice.