Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 Jul;8 Suppl 3:S29-35. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0122.
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, cancer has many epidemiologic and clinical features that are different from those in the rest of the world. Additionally, the region has a relatively young population and large disparities in the availability of resources at diagnostic and treatment levels. A critical need exists for regional guidelines on cancer care, including those for lymphoid malignancies. A panel of lymphoma experts from MENA reviewed the 2009 version of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) on Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Hodgkin Lymphoma and suggested modifications for the region that were discussed with the United States NCCN Lymphoma Panels. This article presents the consensus recommendations.
在中东和北非(MENA)地区,癌症具有许多与世界其他地区不同的流行病学和临床特征。此外,该地区的资源在诊断和治疗水平上存在较大差异,且人口相对年轻。因此,迫切需要制定癌症治疗的区域指南,包括淋巴恶性肿瘤的指南。来自 MENA 的一组淋巴瘤专家审查了 NCCN 临床实践肿瘤学指南(NCCN 指南)关于非霍奇金淋巴瘤和霍奇金淋巴瘤的 2009 年版本,并提出了针对该地区的修改建议,这些建议在美国 NCCN 淋巴瘤专家组进行了讨论。本文介绍了共识建议。