Over the years, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines have become the market leader for clinical guidelines to consult, but with that success comes responsibility and scrutiny, according to Clifford Goodman, PhD.
Over the years, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines have become the market leader for clinical guidelines to consult, but with that success comes responsibility and scrutiny, according to Clifford Goodman, PhD, senior vice president and director at the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research at The Lewin Group.
NCCN has been successful because it can quickly update its Guidelines and it is easy to access. However, the biggest drawback does not have to do with the content, but how the guidelines are being used.
“Most patients consider they have insufficient information upon which to base decisions at the time they’ve got to make those decisions,” Dr Goodman said.
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