SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 1,800 Chinese oncology professionals attended the NCCN 4th Annual Asia Scientific Congress in Shanghai, China, on April 9, 2011, which featured expert faculty from NCCN Member Institutions and thought leaders in cancer care from major Chinese cancer centers. “This Congress represents a paragon for the developing international standards for the treatment of patients with cancer. Expert Oncologists from China and NCCN discussed the most important changes in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines™) for many tumor types and worked together to optimize the guidelines for the treatment of patients in China,” said Dr. Thomas D’Amico, NCCN Board of Directors Chair and Director of Clinical Oncology at the Duke Cancer Institute.
