Updates of NCCN clinical practice guidelines for gastric cancer
XU Ze-kuan
Abstract：In recent years, with the rapid development of diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer, NCCN gastric cancer clinical practice guidelines also continue to release new versions to follow up the progress of the new frontier. In the new NCCN guideline (Version1.2015), new evidence and standard were introduced, and four major aspects were revised, including:(1)The criteria of unresectability for cure was updated, (2)the principles of genetic risk assessment for gastric cancer, the new risk assessment and genetic consultation were modified, (3) the systemic therapy for locally advanced, locally recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer were modified, (4)the partial contents of radiation therapy were revised. The new guideline has included the latest research achievements, which makes the concept of the treatment of gastric cancer more scientific and standardized. It will provide important guidance for the future clinical practice.
Keywords：gastric cancerNCCNsurgerychemotherapyradiotherapy
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 512-514,518 )