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Tumor treatment guidelines from the Alberta Cancer Board
Guidelines
Treatment Guidelines
See the list on the left hand side of this page. More guidelines will be added over time.
Radiation Therapy Guidelines
 This document contains radiation therapy guidelines and protocols for the five main sites: breast, lung, GI, GU, and palliative. The document also has sections to support care provided by family physicians working with cancer patients who may be undergoing radiation therapy.
Follow-up Guidelines
You can now also download follow-up guidelines and forms.
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About the Guidelines
The recommendations contained in these Alberta Cancer Board guidelines are a consensus of the relevant Provincial Tumour Team synthesis of currently accepted approaches to management, derived from a review of relevant scientific literature.
Clinicians applying these guidelines should, in consultation with the patient, use independent medical judgment in the context of individual clinical circumstances to direct care.
Contact the Guideline Utilization Resource Unit
The Guideline Utilization Resource Unit (GURU) was officially funded by the Alberta Cancer Board in the 2006-2007 fiscal year.
The role of the Guideline Utilization Resource Unit is to support the Provincial Tumour Teams in developing clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow-up of cancer.
The group has four part-time nurse/ radiation-therapist educators whose role is to facilitate the introduction and implementation of guidelines by local tumour groups at the cancer centre level.
Leanne Ross, Senior Manager of the Guideline Utilization Resource Unit
403-476-2417
If you have difficulty applying the guidelines or have concerns about their content, please email the GURU program staff at: Leanne.Ross@albertahealthservices.ca
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