Sky Lakes Cancer Care Follows NCCN Guidelines
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is an organization that you may not be familiar with, they are extremely influential in defining the roadmap for cancer treatment around the world. Their mission is to improve and facilitate quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives.
Some NCCN members you might recognize include St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and 29 other leading cancer centers. Together, these organizations come together to continuously update and revise the comprehensive guidelines to stay up to date with the latest data and clinical information.
The Sky Lakes Cancer Treatment Center follows the NCCN guidelines.
It means that patients receiving cancer care at Sky Lakes will receive the same course or plan of treatment that would be defined by any other physician following the NCCN guidelines. According to NCCN, of all U.S. physicians surveyed, 95 percent report they use the NCCN Guidelines in their practices.
About the network
The NCCN is a nonprofit network of 33 leading cancer centers. Over the past 25 years, this network of partners has worked together to help establish guidelines for the treatment of over 50 different cancer types.
Who NCCN Is
An alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education
Why NCCN Exists (Their Mission)
To improve and facilitate quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives
NCCN Vision
To define and advance high-quality, high-value, patient-centered cancer care globally
Some NCCN members you might recognize include St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and 29 other leading cancer centers. Together, these organizations come together to continuously update and revise the comprehensive guidelines to stay up to date with the latest data and clinical information.
About the guidelines
The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) detail the sequential management decisions and interventions that currently apply to 97 percent of cancers affecting patients in the United States. Beyond the United States, the NCCN guidelines are used around the world taking into account the resources available to certain regions.
The guidelines are researched, developed, vetted, and updated on a regular basis by 61 individual panels and 1,700 clinicians and oncology researchers from the 33 NCCN member institutions. For each of the over 50 cancer types that the NCCN provides guidelines for, there is a wealth of information including the NCCN guidelines for providers, Evidence Blocks, Frameworks, Guidelines for Patients, Educational Events and Programs, and even International Translations.
For example, the Breast Cancer Guidelines are 256 pages with the latest version 5 updated on December 5, 2023 just shy of a couple weeks before writing this article, which highlights how frequently these guidelines are being reviewed to be kept current and up-to-date.
If you’re interested in reviewing the guidelines, then you can create an account here:https://www.nccn.org/register. All of the information is free, but the NCCN does require you to register to access it.
To learn more about the care services offered at Sky Lakes Cancer Treatment Center, give us a call at 541-274-4171.
