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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) recently launched the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, which provides a single access point for NCCN recommendations pertaining to radiation therapy.

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

“As a single source for all radiation therapy recommendations within the NCCN guidelines, the compendium benefits patients with cancer by assisting providers and payers in making evidence-based treatment and coverage decisions,” said Robert W. Carlson, MD, chief executive officer of NCCN.

The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™ includes recommendations for the following 24 cancer types:

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

NCCN said additional cancer types will be published on a rolling basis over the coming months.

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Photo by Rhoda Baer
Therapist preparing patient to receive radiation

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) recently launched the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, which provides a single access point for NCCN recommendations pertaining to radiation therapy.

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

“As a single source for all radiation therapy recommendations within the NCCN guidelines, the compendium benefits patients with cancer by assisting providers and payers in making evidence-based treatment and coverage decisions,” said Robert W. Carlson, MD, chief executive officer of NCCN.

The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™ includes recommendations for the following 24 cancer types:

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

NCCN said additional cancer types will be published on a rolling basis over the coming months.

Photo by Rhoda Baer
Therapist preparing patient to receive radiation

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) recently launched the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, which provides a single access point for NCCN recommendations pertaining to radiation therapy.

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

“As a single source for all radiation therapy recommendations within the NCCN guidelines, the compendium benefits patients with cancer by assisting providers and payers in making evidence-based treatment and coverage decisions,” said Robert W. Carlson, MD, chief executive officer of NCCN.

The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™ includes recommendations for the following 24 cancer types:

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

NCCN said additional cancer types will be published on a rolling basis over the coming months.

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