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1. Grant of Limited License.
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2. Intellectual Property Rights.
A) Ownership
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3. Restrictions on Use.
A) General
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C) Clinical Use
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D) NCCN ICL Database
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F) Review of Use
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4. Restrictions; Disclaimers; Limitation of Damages.
A) General
The NCCN Guidelines are a statement of consensus of the authors regarding their views of currently accepted approaches to cancer treatment. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients are derived from the NCCN Guidelines.
The recommendations regarding the uses and indications in the NCCN Compendia have been derived from the NCCN Guidelines and represent neither an all-inclusive listing of every drug, biologic, radiation therapy, biomarker or biomarker test, nor every appropriate use and indication for drugs, biologics, radiation therapy, biomarkers or biomarker tests.
The NCCN Templates are peer-reviewed statements of consensus of their authors derived from the NCCN Guidelines for the conditions the NCCN Templates address and are not exhaustive and do not represent the full spectrum of care or treatment options described in the NCCN Guidelines or the NCCN Compendia. NCCN Templates may not be promptly updated and do not constitute orders.
The NCCN Imaging AUC are derived from the NCCN Guidelines and define appropriate use criteria for certain imaging services.
The NCCN Evidence Blocks are derived from the NCCN Guidelines and are intended as a visual representation of five key measures that provide information about specific recommendations contained within the NCCN Guidelines.
The NCCN Framework are derived from the NCCN Guidelines and define appropriate treatment pathways at four resource level: Basic, Limited, Enhanced, and NCCN Guidelines.
The NCCN Harmonized Guidelines for Sub-Saharan Africa are derived from the NCCN Guidelines and offer two tiers of treatment recommendations depending on access to resources.
NCCN Trends and NCCN Oncology Insight Reports provide data and analytics based on e-mail surveys to clinicians who utilize the NCCN site and provide commentary regarding cancer care. These publications, which are independent of the NCCN Guidelines, are not exhaustive and do not constitute clinical recommendations.
The NCCN ICL Database is a resource to assist researchers and clinicians with writing and amending informed consents for study participants. The NCCN ICL Database, which is independent of the NCCN Guidelines, is not exhaustive, may not be promptly updated and does not constitute medical, legal and/or other professional advice.
The NCCN Points to Consider on the Best Practices for Biorepositories, Registries and Databases is designed to serve as a tool and resource for research investigators who plan to design, implement, and manage a research study which intends to deposit, transfer, and/or access specimens or data in a biorepository, registry or database.
NCCN Shared Resources are solely available to NCCN Member Institutions to enable them to share resources collectively as a means to make available to scientists and investigators resources that will improve the ability to conduct research and thereby facilitate scientific progress.
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B) Updates
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8. Modification of End User License Agreement.
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9. Remedies for Violation.
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10. Third Party Terms
A) General
Certain portions of the NCCN Content are used by permission from the NCCN Licensors, which include without limitation the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and other NCCN Members.
B) NCI
The NCCN Content includes the NCI THESAURUS™ database from the National Cancer Institute. Your use of the NCI THESAURUS database and NCI THESAURUS ontology is subject to the NCI THESAURUS Terms of Use, a copy of which is available at: http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm.
The current complete NCI THESAURUS database and Users' Guide are available for download at ftp://ftp1.nci.nih.gov/pub/cacore/EVS.
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C) SNOMED
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If you do not hold an IHTSDO Affiliate License, (a) you are only permitted to access SNOMED CT using the NCCN Content if you are in an IHTSDO member country, listed at http://www.ihtsdo.org/about-ihtsdo/member-countries, and solely for the purpose of exploring and evaluating the terminology; and (b) you are not permitted to translate, modify, distribute or share the SNOMED CT content or the use it as part of a system that constitutes a SNOMED CT “Data Creation System” or “Data Analysis System”, as defined in the IHTSDO Affiliate License. This means that you must not use the NCCN Content to add or copy SNOMED CT identifiers into any type of record system, database or document.
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11. General.
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