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.
Resources and links for health professionals
We've identified a number of resources relevant to health professionals, on a range of cancer topics and areas.
The investigation of a new breast symptom: A guide for GPs
Guidance for the management of early breast cancer
This resource contains a set of recommendations and practice points for the management and care of early stage breast cancer.
Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection, and management of colorectal cancer
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.
Clinical practice guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy
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.
Familial aspects of bowel cancer: A guide for health professionals
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.
Cancer Council bowel cancer microsite: For GPs and health professionals page
Practical tools and tips to help increase participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
Find Cancer Early website
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.
National Cervical Screening Program: Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities, screening in specific populations and investigation of abnormal vaginal bleeding
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.
Shared follow-up care for women low-risk endometrial cancer: A guide for GPs
Centre for Genetics Education
Genetic fact sheets provided by the NSW Government
eviQ: Referral guidelines
Cancer genetics information and resources for health professionals and patients
Advice about familial aspects of breast cancer and epithelial ovarian cancer
A guide covering familial aspects of both breast and epithelial ovarian cancer.
Familial risk assessment for FRA-BOC
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.
Genetics and Cancer - patient fact sheet
An introduction to the role of genetics in cancer diagnosis.
Care pathway for hepatitis B virus
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.
Decision making in hepatitis C virus
Fact sheet for health professionals outlining decision making in HCV
Hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma: Facts and statistics
Fact sheet covering hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis B
Clinical guidance for treating hepatitis C virus: A summary
Towards appropriate use of diagnostic imaging: A guide for medical practitioners and their patients
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.
Diagnostic imaging pathways
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.
Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and diagnosis of lung cancer
Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

Investigating symptoms of lung cancer: A guide for GPs
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 .
Assessment of symptoms that may be ovarian cancer
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.
National cancer prevention policy
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).
Clinical guidance for responding to suffering in adults with cancer
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.
Recommendations for the identification and management of fear of cancer recurrence in adult cancer survivors
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.
PSA testing and early management of the test-detected prostate cancer
Guidelines for the PSA testing and management of prostate cancer.
Melanoma and other skin cancers: A guide for medical practitioners
This card provides an overview of types of skin cancer, diagnosis and treatment options.
Skin cancer: The facts are your fingertips
A fact sheet on skin cancer for patients.
Diagnosis and management of testicular cancer: Clinical summary guide
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.