08/09/2017
NCCN has published updates to the NCCN GuidelinesĀ® for Gastric Cancer
NCCN has published updates to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Gastric Cancer. These NCCN Guidelines® are currently available as Version 2.2017.
- Follow-up/Surveillance (GAST-6)
- The recommendations were extensively revised and reorganized by pathologic stage.
- Principles of Genetic Risk Assessment (GAST-D)
- The sections for "Criteria for Further Risk Evaluation for High-Risk Syndromes" and "Risk Assessment/Genetic Counseling" were extensively revised.
- Principles of Surveillance (GAST-H)
- This is a new section that provides supplemental information regarding the surveillance recommendations on page GAST-6.
- Principles of Survivorship (GAST-I)
- This is a new section that provides recommendations for survivorship including Management of long-term sequelae of disease or treatment, Counseling regarding health behaviors, Cancer screening recommendations (for average risk survivors), and Survivorship care planning and coordination.
*For your reference, the previous update (Version 1.2017) to the NCCN Guidelines for Gastric Cancer, published on March 21, 2017, is available at the following link: https://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/gastric.pdf