title: Modification and implementation of NCCN guidelines on lymphomas in the Middle East and North Africa region.
abstract: In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, cancer has many epidemiologic and clinical features that are different from those in the rest of the world. Additionally, the region has a relatively young population and large disparities in the availability of resources at diagnostic and treatment levels. A critical need exists for regional guidelines on cancer care, including those for lymphoid malignancies. A panel of lymphoma experts from MENA reviewed the 2009 version of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) on Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Hodgkin Lymphoma and suggested modifications for the region that were discussed with the United States NCCN Lymphoma Panels. This article presents the consensus recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. bazarbac@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazarbachi
authors.forename: Hamdy A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Azim
authors.forename: Hussain
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alizadeh
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aljurf
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barista
authors.forename: Naeem A
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authors.lastname: Chaudhri
authors.forename: Zahira
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authors.lastname: Fahed
authors.forename: Omar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Fahmy
authors.forename: Ardeshir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghavamzadeh
authors.forename: Mohamed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Khalaf
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khatib
authors.forename: Aghiad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutoubi
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paydas
authors.forename: Hanadi Rafii
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authors.lastname: Elayoubi
authors.forename: Ghazi
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authors.lastname: Zaatari
authors.forename: Hamdy M
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authors.lastname: Zawam
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Zelenetz
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000453:epidemiology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018912:Arabs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes