We are proud to be associated with the NCCN and ACS, who have cooperated to write the new guidelines. Now, patients and their families can better understand how their treatments fit with accepted national guidelines. This should empower and improve the care of cancer patients. These recommendations were formulated using scientific evidence and currently accepted approaches to treatment. Every year the panel will update their recommendations, if advances in medical science warrant it.
Cancer survivors applaud the newly written guidelines.
It's overwhelming to hear and understand your treatment options, especially when you've just learned you have cancer. It's a lot to digest. This will allow a patient to take some time to look over the guidelines in the privacy of their own home. The treatment options for different stages of cancer are presented as flow charts. For each stage, the chart shows step by step how the patient and doctor can arrive at choices about treatment.