Clinical practice guidelines

Together with the Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group we've contributed to the development of national clinical practice guidelines through the Australian Cancer Network and National Breast Cancer Centre. These guides for managing cancer treatment were extensively reviewed and endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). A full list of guides are available on the NHMRC site.

Patient Management Frameworks

In contrast to clinical practice guidelines, which guide appropriate practice and decision making, the patient management frameworks are guides to the patient journey and descriptions of the care pathway to ensure patients and families are supported. The Victorian Government encouraged their development in collaboration with practitioners, consumers and carers. They're based on current best practice and are a statement of consensus as to currently accepted treatments.

A full list of Patient Management Frameworks is available from the Victorian Government website.

Breast cancer

• Clinical practice guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer (Endorsed January 2001)
• Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer (2nd Edition Endorsed August 2001)
• Clinical practice guidelines for the management and support of younger women with breast cancer (Endorsed 2003)
• Patient Management Framework: Breast tumour stream: breast cancer 

Central nervous system

• Patient management framework: Central nervous system tumour stream: malignant glioma
• Patient management framework: Central nervous system tumour stream: cerebral metastases 

Colorectal (bowel) cancer

• Clinical practice guidelines: Guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer (2nd Edition Endorsed December 2005)
• Patient Management Framework: Colorectal tumour stream: colon and rectal cancer

Familial cancer

• Familial aspects of bowel cancer: A guide for health professionals (Australian Cancer Network website) (Endorsed August 2006)
• Clinical practice guidelines: Familial aspects of cancer - a guide to clinical practice (Endorsed November 1999)

Haematological 

• Patient management framework: Haematological tumour stream: acute myeloid leukaemia 
• Patient management framework: Haematological tumour stream: intermediate grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma 

Head and neck 

• Patient Management Framework: Head and neck tumour stream: larynx, pharynx and oral cancer

Lung cancer

• Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of lung cancer (Endorsed March 2004)
• Assessment and management of lung cancer - Evidence based guidelines: A guide for general practitioners (Endorsed November 2005)
• Patient management framework: Lung tumour stream: non-small cell lung cancer

Lymphoma

• Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of lymphoma (Endorsed December 2005)

Oesophagogastric 

• Patient management framework: Upper gastrointestinal tumour stream: oesophagogastric cancer 

Ovarian cancer

• Clinical practice guidelines for the management of women with epithelial ovarian cancer (Endorsed March 2004)
• Patient management framework: Gynaecological tumour stream: ovarian cancer 

Pancreatic

• Patient management framework: Upper gastrointestinal tumour stream: pancreatic cancer 

Prostate cancer

• Clinical practice guidelines: Evidence-based information and recommendations for the management of localised prostate cancer (Endorsed October 2002)
• Patient management framework: Genitourinary tumour stream: prostate cancer

Psycho-social guidelines

• Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer (Endorsed April 2003)

Skin cancer

• Clinical practice guidelines: The management of cutaneous melanoma (Endorsed December 1999)
• Clinical practice guidelines: Non-melanoma skin cancer - guidelines for treatment and management in Australia (Endorsed October 2002)
• Patient management framework: Skin tumour stream: melanoma 

Testicular

• Patient management framework: Genitourinary tumour stream: testicular cancer
  

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