NCCN NSCLC guidelines panel
- 38 members from across NCCN institutions
- Multidisciplinary group:
- Surgeon
- Medical Oncologist
- Pulmonologist
- Interventional Radiologist
- Pathologist
- Molecular pathologist
How are changes made in the guidelines?
- Yearly review by all NCCN institutions
- External submissions - patient advocates, organizations, industry, and/or payers
- Annual in-person meeting
- all new FDA drug approvals
- expanded FDA drug indications
- publications/presentations that impact to clinical practice
NCCN Categories of Evidence and Consensus
- clinical evidence available
- degree of consensus within the panel
Based upon high-level evidence (≥1 randomized phase 3 trials or high-quality, robust meta-analyses), there is uniform NCCN consensus (≥85% support of the Panel) that the intervention is appropriate
Based upon lower-level evidence, there is uniform NCCN consensus (≥85% support of the Panel) that the intervention is appropriate
Based upon lower-level evidence, there is NCCN consensus (≥50% but <85% support of the Panel) that the intervention is appropriate
Based upon any level of evidence, there is major NCCN disagreement that the intervention is appropriate |