NCCN publishes new patient resource for stage 0 breast cancer

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), with the support of the NCCN Foundation®, announces the availability of the NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Breast Cancer Stages 0 - IV—the latest addition to the library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients® available online free-of-charge at NCCN.org/patients. This is the first comprehensive stage-specific library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients published by NCCN.

The NCCN Guidelines for Patients, patient-friendly translations of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines on Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), are designed to provide state-of-the-art treatment information in easy-to-understand language to people with cancer and their caregivers.

NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Breast Cancer was originally published in 2010; NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Stage 0 Breast Cancer—the first stage-specific installment of NCCN Guidelines for Patients—was made available in November 2013.

"NCCN is pleased to be able to offer patients and their caregivers a trusted, comprehensive, and concise educational resource for breast cancer treatment," said Robert W. Carlson, MD, Chief Executive Officer, NCCN. "Given the incredible amount of information that is publicly available about breast cancer, the stage-specific NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Breast Cancer offer patients a more personalized approach to their disease, empowering them to make well-informed decisions about their treatment."

The NCCN Guidelines® are developed by multidisciplinary panels of experts from NCCN Member Institutions and feature sequential decision algorithms that address appropriate management options from initial work-up through the course of the disease. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients translate the professional guidelines into a clear, step-by-step format that people can use as the basis for making decisions and discussing treatment options with their physicians.

In addition to the patient resources available for breast cancer, NCCN currently offers NCCN Guidelines for Patients for the following: Colon, Esophageal, Non-Small Cell Lung, Ovarian, Pancreatic, and Prostate Cancers; Caring for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA); Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia; Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; Melanoma; Multiple Myeloma; and Lung Cancer Screening. NCCN Guidelines for Patients are made possible by charitable donations to the NCCN Foundation. Print versions are available for certain disease types as supplies last.