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Therapist preparing patient to receive radiation
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) has announced the release of the newly completed NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™.
This resource includes information designed to support clinical decision-making regarding the use of radiation therapy in cancer patients.
The content is based on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology and includes information from the 41 guidelines that reference radiation therapy.
“By compiling every recommendation for radiation therapy in one place, we’ve made it significantly easier for specialists . . . to stay up-to-date on the very latest recommendations, regardless of how many different cancer types they treat,” said Robert W. Carlson, MD, chief executive officer of NCCN.
“This targeted content provides radiation oncologists with the specific, cutting-edge information they need, without forcing them to sift through any extraneous information. It’s part of our ongoing effort to always provide the most pertinent data on emerging treatment practices in the clearest, most efficient way possible.”
The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium includes a full complement of radiation therapy recommendations found in the current NCCN guidelines, including specific treatment modalities such as 2D/3D conformal external beam radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, intra-operative radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body radiotherapy/stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy, image-guided radiation therapy, low dose-rate/high dose-rate brachytherapy, radioisotope, and particle therapy.
NCCN first announced the launch of the Radiation Therapy Compendium in March at the NCCN Annual Conference: Improving the Quality, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of Cancer Care.
At the time, the NCCN released a preliminary version of the compendium featuring 24 cancer types. The newly completed version now contains all 41 disease sites that are currently being treated using radiation therapy.
The compendium will be updated on a continual basis in conjunction with the library of clinical guidelines.
For more information and to access the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium, visit NCCN.org/RTCompendium. The compendium is available free-of-charge through March 2018.
