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What is NCCN?

 NCCN stands for National Comprehensive Cancer Network. In this blog, you will find a lot of reference to NCCN guidelines. This is a resource that we, as cancer surgeons have come to respect and depend on for providing state of the art cancer management.

NCCN is a non profit organisation.

It is conglomerate of 30 cancer hospitals in the United States. This group consists of experts who treat cancers in high volume dedicated research centers. We, at PCRRC have been using NCCN guidelines to provide care for our patients since 2007. Though as clinicians, we find that leading research journals like Journal of gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgical Oncology Clinics and many such expert resources also provide information on cutting edge technologies, NCCn guidelines for cancer provide the appropriate bedside tool for the management of patients.

Though we develop expertise, by using self developed tools, NCCN gives a good framework with which we can take the patient through the entire treatment protocol that meets world standards.

At PCRRC, we provide the comfort to our patients that they can always be assured that only scientifically proven and tested principles will be used for treatments.

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