Literacy analysis of National Comprehensive Cancer Network patient guidelines for the most common malignancies in the United States.

Overall, the assessment indicates high demand scores for the readability and complexity of the NCCN patient guidelines and thus that the materials are not quite suitable for the general US adult population. Further input from patient focus groups to address appropriateness and usefulness is critical. Cancer 2018;124:769-74. © 2017 American Cancer Society.