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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) has added 9 disease sites to its NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, a resource that provides a single access point for NCCN recommendations pertaining to radiation therapy (RT).

The compendium provides guidance on all RT modalities recommended within NCCN guidelines, including intensity modulated RT, intra-operative RT, stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body RT/stereotactic ablative RT, image-guided RT, low dose-rate brachytherapy/high dose-rate brachytherapy, radioisotope, and particle therapy.

The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium was launched with recommendations pertaining to 24 cancer types.

Now, NCCN has added RT recommendations from an additional 9 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology:

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Version 2.2016

Basal cell skin cancer, Version 1.2017

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Version 1.2017

Gastric cancer, Version 1.2017

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), Version 1.2017

Merkel cell carcinoma, Version 1.2017

Ovarian cancer, Version 1.2017

Squamous cell skin cancer, Version 1.2017

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas, Version 1.2017

The first 24 disease sites included in the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium were:

Acute myeloid leukemia

Anal cancer

B-cell lymphomas

Bladder cancer

Breast cancer

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphoblastic lymphoma

Colon cancer

Hepatobiliary cancers

Kidney cancer

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Melanoma

Multiple myeloma

Neuroendocrine tumors

Non-small cell lung cancer

Occult primary cancer

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Penile cancer

Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas

Prostate cancer

Rectal cancer

Small cell lung cancer

Soft tissue sarcoma

T-cell lymphomas

Testicular cancer

The NCCN said additional cancer types will be added to the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium on a rolling basis over the coming months.

For more information and to access the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium, visit NCCN.org/RTCompendium.

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Therapist preparing patient to receive radiation

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) has added 9 disease sites to its NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, a resource that provides a single access point for NCCN recommendations pertaining to radiation therapy (RT).

The compendium provides guidance on all RT modalities recommended within NCCN guidelines, including intensity modulated RT, intra-operative RT, stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body RT/stereotactic ablative RT, image-guided RT, low dose-rate brachytherapy/high dose-rate brachytherapy, radioisotope, and particle therapy.

The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium was launched with recommendations pertaining to 24 cancer types.

Now, NCCN has added RT recommendations from an additional 9 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology:

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Version 2.2016

Basal cell skin cancer, Version 1.2017

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Version 1.2017

Gastric cancer, Version 1.2017

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), Version 1.2017

Merkel cell carcinoma, Version 1.2017

Ovarian cancer, Version 1.2017

Squamous cell skin cancer, Version 1.2017

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas, Version 1.2017

The first 24 disease sites included in the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium were:

Acute myeloid leukemia

Anal cancer

B-cell lymphomas

Bladder cancer

Breast cancer

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphoblastic lymphoma

Colon cancer

Hepatobiliary cancers

Kidney cancer

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Melanoma

Multiple myeloma

Neuroendocrine tumors

Non-small cell lung cancer

Occult primary cancer

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Penile cancer

Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas

Prostate cancer

Rectal cancer

Small cell lung cancer

Soft tissue sarcoma

T-cell lymphomas

Testicular cancer

The NCCN said additional cancer types will be added to the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium on a rolling basis over the coming months.

For more information and to access the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium, visit NCCN.org/RTCompendium.

Photo by Rhoda Baer
Therapist preparing patient to receive radiation

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) has added 9 disease sites to its NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, a resource that provides a single access point for NCCN recommendations pertaining to radiation therapy (RT).

The compendium provides guidance on all RT modalities recommended within NCCN guidelines, including intensity modulated RT, intra-operative RT, stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body RT/stereotactic ablative RT, image-guided RT, low dose-rate brachytherapy/high dose-rate brachytherapy, radioisotope, and particle therapy.

The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium was launched with recommendations pertaining to 24 cancer types.

Now, NCCN has added RT recommendations from an additional 9 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology:

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Version 2.2016

Basal cell skin cancer, Version 1.2017

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Version 1.2017

Gastric cancer, Version 1.2017

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), Version 1.2017

Merkel cell carcinoma, Version 1.2017

Ovarian cancer, Version 1.2017

Squamous cell skin cancer, Version 1.2017

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas, Version 1.2017

The first 24 disease sites included in the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium were:

Acute myeloid leukemia

Anal cancer

B-cell lymphomas

Bladder cancer

Breast cancer

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphoblastic lymphoma

Colon cancer

Hepatobiliary cancers

Kidney cancer

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Melanoma

Multiple myeloma

Neuroendocrine tumors

Non-small cell lung cancer

Occult primary cancer

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Penile cancer

Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas

Prostate cancer

Rectal cancer

Small cell lung cancer

Soft tissue sarcoma

T-cell lymphomas

Testicular cancer

The NCCN said additional cancer types will be added to the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium on a rolling basis over the coming months.

For more information and to access the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium, visit NCCN.org/RTCompendium.

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