08/09/2017

NCCN has published updates to the NCCN Guidelines® 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