title: Questionnaire survey for the development and publication of cancer clinical practice guidelines in Japan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the current situation of the development and publication of cancer clinical practice guidelines and discuss an ideal structure in future.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire survey pertaining to the development and publication of cancer clinical practice guidelines was conducted with funding by a Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant. Respondents included presidents and chairpersons of academic societies developing guidelines and members of the Cancer Guidelines Committee of the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology who were specialists in various cancer sites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Concerning the question of funding for the development and publication of the guidelines, 80.7 % of respondents indicated that partial public funding is required. As for the flow of public funds, 80.4 % of respondents thought that funds should be distributed appropriately to each academic society by a third-party organization. Regarding the question about the publication of the guidelines, 82.5 % of respondents replied that a comprehensive publication site needs to be established. In terms of the choice of organization that would be responsible for setting up and managing this site, the responses varied as follows: "a newly established organization" (38.3 %); "Center for Cancer Control and Information Services" (29.8 %); "Japan Society of Clinical Oncology" (23.4 %); and "Medical Information Network Distribution Service" (23.4 %) (multiple answers allowed).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the guidelines should be developed voluntarily by each academic society, partial public funding is also considered to be necessary for maintaining the continuous revision process. As for the publication of the guidelines, the establishment of a new comprehensive publication site would improve user convenience.
authors: Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, South 1 West 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan, furuhata@sapmed.ac.jp.
authors: Tomohisa
authors: T
authors: Furuhata
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Hirata
authors: Fumihiko
authors: F
authors: Wakao
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Okita
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Imamura
authors: Yoshihiko
authors: Y
authors: Maehara
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Nishiyama
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008495:Medical Oncology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires