NCCN and Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital expand oncology collaboration

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has signed a new agreement with the Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) and the Vietnam Cancer Association (VCA) to expand their collaboration on cancer care. The partnership aims to improve medical resources in Vietnam through the adaptation and use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Under this new agreement, the organizations will add three new NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology adaptations specifically for Vietnam: B-Cell Lymphomas, Hodgkin Lymphoma, and Thyroid Carcinoma. This expansion into hematologic malignancies builds upon previous work involving solid tumors such as breast, colon, gastric, hepatocellular, non-small cell lung, ovarian, prostate, and rectal cancers.

The NCCN Guidelines Adaptations for Vietnam are designed to reflect local realities, including differences in available resources, population needs, clinical practice patterns, and regulatory environments compared to the United States. The guidance uses a color-coded system to indicate treatment options that are generally available, those that are aspirational due to cost or technical challenges, and effective substitutions for when preferred standards cannot be met.