Highlights From NCCN

Two quadruplet therapies have been approved by the FDA as first-line treatment for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) and updated in the NCCN guidelines for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy has been granted full FDA approval for the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. It has also been included in the NCCN Breast Cancer Guidelines based on convincing clinical evidence.

The updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC; version 3.2019) is focused on improving patient outcomes with immunotherapy.



The discontinuation of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) is considered safe and appropriate in consenting patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) under specific circumstances and with careful molecular monitoring, according to the updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) management guideline for CML.

Germline testing should now be considered for any patient with pancreatic cancer, and molecular analysis of tumors should be considered in patients with metastatic disease, according to the most recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline (version 1.2019) for the management of pancreatic cancer.

More targeted therapy options make their way into the updated guideline (version 1.2019) from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for the management of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).

The delivery and receipt of cancer care in value-based healthcare models was the subject of a roundtable discussion at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 23rd Annual Conference.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has overhauled its guidelines for the management of colon and rectal cancers.

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