The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have collaborated to produce guidelines that will help patients and their family members make more informed decisions about breast cancer treatment, according to an Oct 7, 2002, news release from ACS. The breast cancer treatment guidelines are based on NCCN clinical practice guidelines used by physicians, and they provide patients with a glossary of cancer terms, as well as information abouts
* types of breast cancer,
* cancer tests and examinations,
* types of treatment, and
* clinical trials.
The guidelines contain the same decision tree flow charts used by physicians, which represent 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 role in making decisions regarding their health care.
The breast cancer guidelines are part of a series. Other guidelines available cover topics including cancer of the prostate, ovaries, lungs, colon, and rectum. Many of the guidelines are available in Spanish as well as English. These materials are available free of charge and can be obtained by visiting the NCCN web site at http://www.nccn.org or calling NCCN at (888) 909-6226 or by visiting the ACS web site at http://www.cancer.org or calling (800) 227-2345.
The NCCN Provides Free Information to Help Women with Breast Cancer Make More Informed Treatment Decisions (news 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).
* types of breast cancer,
* cancer tests and examinations,
* types of treatment, and
* clinical trials.
The guidelines contain the same decision tree flow charts used by physicians, which represent 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 role in making decisions regarding their health care.
The breast cancer guidelines are part of a series. Other guidelines available cover topics including cancer of the prostate, ovaries, lungs, colon, and rectum. Many of the guidelines are available in Spanish as well as English. These materials are available free of charge and can be obtained by visiting the NCCN web site at http://www.nccn.org or calling NCCN at (888) 909-6226 or by visiting the ACS web site at http://www.cancer.org or calling (800) 227-2345.
The NCCN Provides Free Information to Help Women with Breast Cancer Make More Informed Treatment Decisions (news 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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