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NOA treatment guidelines: interactive clinical and business support for the 21st century oncology office
National Oncology Alliance, Inc, Rafael, CA
A cancer diagnosis invokes immediate fear and uncertainty among patients, family members, and their friends. Everyone concerned—from patients and family members to employers who pay the major premium costs and health plans—wants to be assured that the most appropriate work-up, treatments, and follow-up will be used to achieve the best outcome. Physicians are challenged to deliver compassionate, comprehensive, state-of-the-art care while running increasingly complex community-based medical practices. But they have a powerful tool—practical, evidence-based work-up, treatment, and follow-up guidelines for cancer, specifically tailored to the needs of the community oncology practice.
| Commun Oncol 2005;2:49–53 | full text |  128 kb |