Joan S. Mcclure MS

Joan S. McClure, MS, is Senior Vice President of Clinical Information and Publications for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Ms. McClure’s group develops the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines), associated NCCN Guidelines for Patients, the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium(NCCN Compendium), NCCN Chemotherapy Orders Templates (NCCN Templates), the NCCN Biomarkers Compendium, and JNCCN — Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Ms. McClure also serves as a member of the Executive Editorial Board for JNCCN. The NCCN Guidelines are a comprehensive set of guidelines detailing the sequential management decisions and interventions for 97 percent of malignant cancers affecting patients in the United States and for cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis and supportive care. Updated at least annually, the clinical practice guidelines are recognized as the standard for clinical policy in the United States and have served as a model for guidelines programs elsewhere in the world. Ms. McClure has led NCCN efforts to develop quality measures based on the NCCN Guidelines and to incorporate NCCN information into third party decision support systems aimed at improving quality care.