The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology started implementing clinical practice guidelines for cancer in 2001. It created a Guideline Committee and has published cancer-related information in collaboration with individual subspecialty cancer societies. The society then established an Evaluation Committee to assess the quality of guidelines.
Department of Clinical Research and Informatics, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. tshimbo@ri.imcj.go.jp
