Singapore, Nov. 6 -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network(R) (NCCN(R)) has announced the signing of a new agreement with the Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) and The Vietnam Cancer Association (VCA), expanding a longstanding collaboration to improve cancer care through the adaptation and use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

This marks an important expansion into hematologic malignancies and adds thyroid carcinoma, building on previous work on these tumours: Breast; Colon; Gastric; Hepatocellular; Non-Small Cell Lung; Ovarian; Prostate and Rectal.

The NCCN Guidelines(R) Adaptations for Vietnam provide recommendations based on proven best practices. They are adapted from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guideli...