Advertisement


Peter G. Shields, MD, on New NCCN Guidelines: Smoking Cessation for Patients With Cancer

2015 NCCN Annual Conference

Advertisement

Peter G. Shields, MD, of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, discusses the new NCCN Guidelines for helping patients with cancer to stop smoking. Counseling is a critical part of these new recommendations.



Related Videos

Gastroesophageal Cancer

Hans Gerdes, MD, on Endoscopic Therapies for Early-Stage Esophageal Cancers

Hans Gerdes, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a new approach to the management of early-stage esophageal cancers with endoscopic resections.

Issues in Oncology

Mary Lou Smith, JD, MBA, on the Value of NCCN Guidelines to Patients and Their Advocates

Mary Lou Smith, JD, MBA, of the Research Advocacy Network, discusses, from the perspective of a patient advocate, the value of the NCCN guidelines and the impact they have made on cancer care.

Palliative Care
Survivorship

Samuel M. Silver, MD, PhD, and David S. Ettinger, MD, on the Characteristics of an Optimal Clinical Practice Guideline

Samuel M. Silver, MD, PhD, of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and David S. Ettinger, MD, of The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, discuss the evolution of the NCCN Guidelines, the importance of including palliative care and survivorship recommendations, and the use of the guidelines in community practices.

Bladder Cancer

Peter E. Clark, MD, on a Guideline Update in the Management of Bladder Cancer

Peter E. Clark, MD, of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center discusses the highlights of the 2015 NCCN Guidelines for bladder cancer in both non–muscle invasive and muscle-invasive disease.

Survivorship

Rebecca H. Johnson, MD, on Fertility Preservation and Cancer

Although guidelines worldwide mandate fertility preservation for newly diagnosed patients within their reproductive window, most patients are still not referred or offered this option. Rebecca H. Johnson, MD, of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, explains the steps that need to be taken when counseling patients.

Advertisement

Advertisement




Advertisement