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• NCCN Announces Selected Projects to Study Neratinib in Collaboration with Puma Biotechnology, Inc.

  7/15/2021

  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network ® ( NCCN ® ) Oncology Research Program ( ORP ) today announced three research projects that have been selected for funding to evaluate neratinib in various tumor types.

• NCCN Policy Summit Explores How COVID-19 Pandemic Can Lead to Improvements in Cancer Care

  6/15/2021

  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® hosted a virtual NCCN Policy Summit examining the impact of the past year on oncology policy in America.

• NCCN Cancer Experts Answer Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines

  6/10/2021

  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® announced the publication of new guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for people with cancer, intended to clear up confusion for patients and caregivers.

• New NCCN Employer Toolkit Enables Organizations to Help Workers with Cancer

  6/2/2021

  Free resource from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network helps employers select health plans and provide services to improve employee outcomes and minimize disruptions from cancer diagnoses--now available at NCCN.org/employertoolkit.

• NCCN Annual Award Honors Dr. Mary Daly for Key Contributions to Guidelines Program; Recognizes Meetings Department Director with Staff Award

  5/24/2021

  Recognition reflects Dr. Daly's pioneering role in the field of genetics and family history in assessing cancer risk, particularly for breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers.

• NCCN Foundation Announces Awards for Rising Cancer Research Leaders

  4/15/2021

  National Comprehensive Cancer Network's Oncology Research Program to oversee projects from early-career investigators advancing key areas for study in cancer care, such as cancer prevention, racial disparities in screening, immunotherapy, new insights in radiotherapy, and CAR T-cell therapy.

• G1 Therapeutics’ COSELA™ (trilaciclib) Included in Two Updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

  3/25/2021

  COSELA Added to Both the NCCN Treatment Guidelines for Small Cell Lung Cancer and the NCCN Supportive Care Guidelines for Hematopoietic Growth Factors

• NCCN Announces UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center as 31st Member Institution

  3/23/2021

  Experts from Northern California-based cancer center to join panels responsible for evidence-based recommendations in NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines and NCCN Guidelines for Patients, among other resources to improve outcomes for people with cancer.

• NCCN Provides New COVID-19 Treatment Advice; Updates Vaccine Guidance for Cancer Patients

  3/11/2021

  Leading cancer and infectious disease experts analyze latest data and FDA approvals to create evidence-based expert consensus recommendations for both treatment and prevention of COVID-19 for people with cancer.

• JNCCN: New Evidence on Need to Address Muscle Health among Patients with Cancer

  3/9/2021

  Results of new study from Mass General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute underscore the need for the development and testing of nutrition and fitness interventions, as muscle quality significantly correlates with symptom burden, healthcare utilization, and survival.

• Leading Health and Cancer Advocacy Groups Unite to Reduce Racial Disparities in Cancer Care

  2/22/2021

  NCCN, ACS CAN, and NMQF present new polling data showing patient, caregiver and provider views of bias and suggest policy and practice changes to improve equity in access to high quality cancer care.

• Unexpected Findings on Weight Loss and Breast Cancer from International Study in JNCCN

  2/16/2021

  New research found that weight loss after diagnosis was associated with worse outcomes for HER2-positive early breast cancer patients

• Patrick Delaney Named New Executive Director of NCCN Foundation

  2/8/2021

  Incoming leader to oversee fundraising to share trustworthy information about cancer for patients and caregivers as well as supporting promising early-career cancer researchers.

• NCCN Gets Personal About Improving Global Cancer Care for World Cancer Day

  2/4/2021

  Nonprofit alliance behind gold standard oncology guidelines shares stories of personal connections to cancer that inspire many within the organization.

• Leading Cancer Organizations Warn Cancer Doesn't Stop for COVID-19 and Neither Should You

  1/28/2021

  National Comprehensive Cancer Network and American Cancer Society are leading nationwide effort to resume appropriate cancer screening and treatment to prevent excess deaths.

• NCCN Patient Advocacy Summit Emphasizes Treating Every Cancer Patient as an Individual

  12/10/2020

  Virtual #NCCNPolicy summit from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network explores how the needs and wishes of people with cancer can vary from group to group and person to person across all ages.

• NCCN Oncology Research Program and Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Collaborate to Study Neratinib in Various Cancers

  10/15/2020

  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network ® ( NCCN ® ) Oncology Research Program ( ORP ) today announced plans to evaluate neratinib, a type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that works as a dual

• Free Online Blood Cancer Conference from National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

  9/28/2020

  The NCCN Virtual Nursing Forum and Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies ( #NCCNhem20 ) will provide the latest evidence and expert consensus on emerging practices and debates in blood cancer treatment, online Thursday, October 8, 2020 – Saturday, October 10, 2020 .

• NCCN Policy Summit Explores How to Lower Costs for Cancer Care

  9/9/2020

  Virtual #NCCNPolicy Summit features congressional staffers and representatives from CMS, COA, BIO, discussing legislative and regulatory approaches for reducing health care costs.

• Up-to-Date Leading Cancer Treatment Recommendations from NCCN Now Available in Chinese

  9/3/2020

  Gold standard clinical practice guidelines in oncology updated and translated for greater global accessibility; free online at NCCN.org/global.