title: Evaluation of preliminary NCCN guidelines by external review.
abstract: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines development process is based on a system of iterative review. In addition to review of the preliminary guidelines by member institutions, we surveyed attendees at the NCCN's First Annual Conference about the appropriateness of the guidelines recommendations. After each presentation session, a broad range of health-care professionals, including non-NCCN academic and community oncologists and corporate and third-party representatives, completed a survey instrument. In this article, we summarize and comment on the results of these surveys.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Program, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Winn
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Botnick
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bitsura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States