To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: NCCN Updates Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Guidelines URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/2180E2.htm Doctor's Guide November 27, 2007
JENKINTOWN, PA -- November 27, 2007 -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) announces important updates to the NCCN Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Guidelines. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ are widely recognized and applied as the standard of care in oncology in the United States in both the community and the academic practice settings. These NCCN Guidelines feature a new section covering principles of palliation and supportive care. This is an especially important addition since a significant subset of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer will require substantial palliative interventions, including management of symptoms due to biliary obstruction, gastric outlet obstruction and severe tumor-associated abdominal pain. In addition, greater emphasis has been placed on the use of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The new version of the guidelines contains a separate decision pathway to provide more specific guidance when neoadjuvant therapy is planned for patients with borderline resectable disease. This pathway includes a clarifying, corresponding footnote stating that "The majority of NCCN institutions prefer upfront neoadjuvant therapy in the setting of borderline resectable disease." NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ are developed and updated through an evidence-based process with explicit review of the scientific evidence by multidisciplinary panels of expert physicians from NCCN Member Institutions. The most recent version of this and all the guidelines are available free of charge at www.nccn.org. SOURCE: National Comprehensive Cancer Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.