Department of Oncology, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 Jul;8 Suppl 3:S5-7. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0125.
The NCCN developed clinical practice guidelines for oncology that set the standard of cancer care in the United States. Because of wide acceptance of, need for, and interest in standardized treatment practices across the world, NCCN launched initiatives to help international groups adapt these guidelines. This article describes the initiative in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. A group of oncology experts and key opinion leaders were assembled into 7 specific committees to develop treatment guidelines for breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, hepatobiliary cancer, lymphoma, and palliative care. The committees reviewed the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) to identify any modifications required for them to be more applicable to the MENA region based on available evidence and regional experience. These modifications were discussed with NCCN experts and summarized for each specific area. The development of these guidelines generated a strong interest in the region to develop more evidence-based practice and create further networking and collaboration.
美国国家综合癌症网络（NCCN）制定了肿瘤学临床实践指南，为美国的癌症治疗设定了标准。由于全世界对标准化治疗实践的广泛认可、需求和关注，NCCN 发起了一些举措，以帮助国际团体适应这些指南。本文介绍了在中东和北非（MENA）地区的相关倡议。一组肿瘤学专家和主要意见领袖被组织成 7 个特定委员会，为乳腺癌、肺癌、结肠癌、前列腺癌、肝胆癌、淋巴瘤和姑息治疗制定治疗指南。这些委员会审查了 NCCN 肿瘤学临床实践指南（NCCN 指南），以根据现有证据和区域经验，确定将其修改为更适用于 MENA 地区所需的任何修改。这些修改与 NCCN 专家进行了讨论，并针对每个特定领域进行了总结。这些指南的制定在该地区引起了强烈的兴趣，希望制定更多基于证据的实践，并进一步建立网络和合作。
