National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is an alliance of 33 [1] cancer centers in the United States, most of which are designated by the National Cancer Institute (one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health) as comprehensive cancer centers. It is a non-profit organization with offices in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. John W. Sweetenham, MD, FRCP, FACP, FASCO, from UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, is chairman of the NCCN Board of Directors. [2] It publishes the peer-reviewed medical journal Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Experts from the 33 NCCN Member Institutions are recognized for dealing with complex, aggressive, or rare cancers. [1]
The 33 NCCN Member Institutions are: