The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) has announced the availability of multiple non–English-language versions of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology® (NCCN Guidelines®) for numerous high-incidence cancer types. These treatment recommendations can be accessed for free at NCCN.org/global or via the Virtual Library of NCCN Guidelines App.
The NCCN Guidelines are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. They are written by subject-specific, multidisciplinary panels of experts from across 30 leading cancer centers in the United States. There are currently 24 global adaptations and 230 translations of NCCN resources across 47 different languages.
Robert W. Carlson, MD
“Publishing the NCCN Guidelines in multiple languages helps us ensure people everywhere can have access to the best cancer care at the right time,” said Robert W. Carlson, MD, Chief Executive Officer, NCCN. “Nearly half of our registered users live outside the United States, and many may be more comfortable in languages other than English; the NCCN Guidelines have been downloaded in more than 180 countries,” he noted.
Newly available guides cover:
- Acute myeloid leukemia—Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese
- B-cell lymphomas—French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Breast cancer—Spanish, Chinese
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma—Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese
- Colon cancer—Spanish, Chinese
- Gastric cancer—Spanish, Chinese
- Hairy cell leukemia—Italian, Spanish, Chinese
- Head and neck cancers—Spanish, Chinese
- Hodgkin lymphoma—Italian, Spanish, Chinese
- Melanoma (cutaneous)—Spanish, Chinese
- Multiple myeloma—Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese
- Non–small cell lung cancer—Italian, Spanish, Chinese
- Primary cutaneous lymphomas—Italian, Spanish, Chinese
- T-cell lymphomas—Italian, Spanish, Chinese.
