Resources and links for health professionals

This tool is designed to assist GPs in the early diagnosis of patients with breast cancer. The resource uses evidence-based positive predictive value (PPV) tables that highlight the clinical features that best predict cancer.

This guide indicates steps to be taken in investigating symptoms that could be breast cancer, and provides information about the triple test approach to diagnosis.

This resource contains a set of recommendations and practice points for the management and care of early stage breast cancer.

The optimal cancer care pathway patient information helps your patient make sense of what should happen, what questions to ask their health professionals, and make sure they receive the best care at every step.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. A comprehensive guide and quick reference sheet are available.

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

This tool is designed to assist GPs in the early diagnosis of patients with colorectal cancer. The resource uses evidence-based positive predictive value (PPV) tables that highlight the clinical features that best predict cancer.

This handy reminder card fits inside your patient's wallet, to remind them to participate in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

These guidelines aim to provide information and recommendations to guide practice across the continuum of cancer care including colorectal cancer prevention, screening and diagnosis, clinical aspects of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, follow-up and psychosocial care. The guidelines also provide an evidence base for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

These Guidelines are an update (and a substantial expansion) of several small sections of the 2005. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Early Detection and Management of Colorectal Cancer.

The optimal cancer care pathway patient information helps your patient make sense of what should happen, what questions to ask their health professionals, and make sure they receive the best care at every step

Family history of bowel cancer can be used to estimate the risk of bowel cancer. This may help to determine the type and frequency of bowel cancer screening.

Practical tools and tips to help increase participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. A comprehensive guide and quick reference sheet are available.

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

Find Cancer Early aims to promote earlier detection and diagnosis of five of the most common cancers in regional Western Australia: colorectal, lung, prostate, skin, and breast. The Find Cancer Early project offers cancer education resources for regional General Practice.

These new guidelines offer guidance to health professionals and women as to best practice in the clinical management of women with positive oncogenic HPV test results and abnormalities detected on subsequent LBC.

The revised Cervical Screening Pathway flowchart which came into effect from 1 February 2021.

The resources can be used as a tool by health professionals to identify the key warning signs of cancer in children. Early diagnosis is important, particularly with solid tumours. In most cases, treatment can be less intensive and more successful if the tumour is less invasive at the time of diagnosis.

Chemotherapy, biotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery used in the management of cancer can lead to longterm adverse health effects which may manifest many years after completion of treatment. Health professionals can use this resources to identify the potential late effects of childhood and adolescent cancer treatment.

The optimal cancer care pathway patient information helps your patient make sense of what should happen, what questions to ask their health professionals, and make sure they receive the best care at every step.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. A comprehensive guide and quick reference sheet are available.

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

An introduction to the role of genetics in cancer diagnosis.

Genetic fact sheets provided by the NSW Government

Cancer genetics information and resources for health professionals and patients

A guide covering familial aspects of both breast and epithelial ovarian cancer.

Familial Risk Assessment – Breast and Ovarian Cancer (FRA-BOC) is an on-line tool designed for use by health professionals such as general practitioners and nurses.

A step-by-step care guide that will allow WA GP's to diagnose and manage Hepatitis B patients in accordance to national clinical guidelines.

Fact sheet for health professionals outlining decision making in HCV

Fact sheet covering hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis B

This resource card aims to provide information and support to patients and general practitioners when discussing diagnostic imaging tests. Ideally, this discussion should be informed by and consistent with the appropriate clinical practice guidelines.

The Diagnostic Imaging Pathways website is an evidence-based and consensus-based education and decision support tool for clinicians. It guides the choice of the most appropriate diagnostic examinations in the correct sequence in a wide range of clinical scenarios.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. Less common tumour types include: Leukaemia, cancer of unknown primary, head and neck, brain cancer, lymphoma, mesothelioma, oesophagogastic, pancreatic, and sarcoma. Comprehensive guides and quick reference sheets are available.

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

The optimal cancer care pathway patient information helps your patient make sense of what should happen, what questions to ask their health professionals, and make sure they receive the best care at every step. Less common tumour types include: Leukaemia, cancer of unknown primary, head and neck, brain cancer, lymphoma, mesothelioma, oesophagogastic, pancreatic, and sarcoma.

This tool is designed to assist GPs in the early diagnosis of patients with lung cancer. The resource uses evidence-based positive predictive value (PPV) tables that highlight the clinical features that best predict cancer. This tool is designed to assist GPs in the early diagnosis of patients with (XXX) cancer. The resource uses evidence-based positive predictive value (PPV) tables that highlight the clinical features that best predict cancer.

Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

This guide has been developed to assist all health professionals to investigate symptomatic lung cancer and support their early and rapid referral into the diagnostic pathway .

The optimal cancer care pathway patient information helps your patient make sense of what should happen, what questions to ask their health professionals, and make sure they receive the best care at every step.

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

The information in this guide is intended to assist general practitioners assess if a woman with persistent, unexplained symptoms may have ovarian cancer. The guide is based on the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of women with epithelial ovarian cancer.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. A comprehensive guide and quick reference sheet are available.

FREE USBs with the OCP resources are also available, please email, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

The National Cancer Prevention Policy makes specific recommendations for national action by governments and non-government organisations, including programs and strategies to reduce the incidence of specific preventable cancer types. (It does not provide information about cancer prevention for individuals).

The document provides healthcare professionals with information designed to guide the provision of psychosocial clinical care relating to the domain of suffering for improved patient outcomes and support for families and carers.

This guideline includes statements and recommendations based on available evidence about the identification of fear of cancer recurrence, and support for adult cancer survivors experiencing it. The guideline provides health professionals with information designed to assist in making management recommendations and providing care for improved patient outcomes.

This tool is designed to assist GPs in the early diagnosis of patients with prostate cancer. The resource uses evidence-based positive predictive value (PPV) tables that highlight the clinical features that best predict cancer.

Guidelines for the PSA testing and management of prostate cancer.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. A comprehensive guide and quick reference sheet are available.

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

This tool is designed to assist GPs in the early diagnosis of patients with skin cancer. The resource uses evidence-based positive predictive value (PPV) tables that highlight the clinical features that best predict cancer.

This card provides an overview of types of skin cancer, diagnosis and treatment options.

A fact sheet on skin cancer for patients.

The optimal cancer care pathways map this journey for specific tumour types, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway and its distinct components to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. A comprehensive guide and quick reference sheet are available

The OCP resource suite is also available on USB. If you would like to order a free USB, please contact, WACPCN.bowelteam@health.wa.gov.au

A clinical summary guide on the management of testicular cancer developed by Andrology Australia to assist health professionals in the management of their male patients.