The National Comprehensive Cancer N...

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have collaborated to about guidelines that will help patients and their family members make more informed decisions about breast cancer treatment, according to an Oct 7 2002 novels release from ACS. The breast cancer treatment guidelines are based onward NCCN clinical practice guidelines used through physicians, and they provide patients with a glossary of cancer denominations as well as information about

* tokens of breast cancer,

* cancer examples and examinations,

* models of treatment, and

* clinical trials.

The guidelines contain the same decision tree grow charts used by physicians, which describe appropriate courses of treatment for each stage of breast cancer. Access to this information helps women better understand their treatment options and take a more active character in making decisions regarding their health care.

The breast cancer guidelines are part of a series. Other guidelines available shroud topics including cancer of the prostate, ovaries, lung colon and rectum Many of the guidelines are available in Spanish as well as English. These materials are available at liberty of charge and can be obtained by dint of visiting the NCCN web site at http://www.nccn.org or calling NCCN at (888) 909-6226 or from visiting the ACS web site at http://www.cancer.org or calling (800) 227-2345

The NCCN Provides exempt Information to Help Women with Breast Cancer Make More Informed Treatment Decisions (new release, Rockledge Pa: American Cancer Society, Oct 7 2002) http://www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/ MED/content/MED_2_1x_The_NCCN_Provides_Free_Information (accessed 21 Oct 2002)

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