7 Mar, 2010 in News & Articles by admin

NCCN announces Flash Updates with malignant pleural mesothelioma release

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has announced a recent service called NCCN Flash Updates, which provides email notification to subscribers when updates are published to the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium as well as the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Users currently registered at NCCN.org possess received a complimentary preview of the Flash Updates that notified them of the latest update, the publication of the NCCN Guidelines for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) as an addition to the Total Library of NCCN Guidelines. The Flash Update included information about treatment options for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients as well as first-line therapy regimens. A recent chapter on malignant pleural mesothelioma was as well as added to the NCCN Compendium.

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure which attacks the membrane surrounding the lungs, abdomen or heart. Mesothelioma is very resistant to treatment, so recent information is always beneficial.

The NCCN Guidelines are updated continually as recent clinical evidence as well as research data becomes available. Flash Updates make it likely for clinicians to possess timely notice of this information so that they can make more informed treatment decisions for their cancer patients.

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