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People affected by cancer are why we’re here. We’re here to provide free guidelines to increase understanding of cancer based on the best information used by doctors treating cancer. Everyone affected by cancer can be helped by better understanding their diagnosis, treatments, testing, and side effects. This is why the NCCN Guidelines for Patients are based on clinical guidelines, but delivered in an easy-to-understand format. Over 70 guidelines, webinars, translations and more are free for individual use and available for download anytime. NCCN Foundation was founded to adapt the work of the National Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCCN) for use by patients, survivors, caregivers, families and more. NCCN is a network of the top academic cancer institutions that convenes world-renowned cancer experts from Member Institutions to create guidelines used by clinicians around the globe. NCCN Foundation also advances cancer research by supporting early career researchers through the Young Investigator Award program. If you or anyone can be helped by the work of NCCN Foundation our resources are https://www.nccn.org/patientresources/patient-resources or email us at nccnfoundation@nccfoundation.org We’d be honored to help. Disclaimer: NCCN Foundation independently adapts, updates and hosts the NCCN Guidelines for Patients. Our corporate sponsors do not participate in the development of the NCCN Guidelines for Patients and are not responsible for the content and recommendations contained therin. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines program is the foundation upon which the organization’s core activities arise. NCCN imposes strict polices to shield the guidelines development processes from improper influences because of the importance of the guidelines, guidelines credibility, and their impact. NCCN does not accept any form of industry or other external financial support for the clinical guideline development program.