Resources and tools
The Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre (ACSC) supports primary, hospital, and community-based health professionals to deliver optimal survivorship care through a range of fact sheets, online resources, and tools.
The ACSC fact sheets for health professionals and survivors and carers are available for ordering via our resource order form.
Fact sheets
Topic-specific fact sheets to guide health professionals.
Tumour-specific fact sheets for health professionals
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Follow-up of survivors of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtype
- Follow up of survivors of early stage melanoma
Companion resources for cancer survivors are also available.
We also recommend:
- Can-Sleep: Making night-time sleep problems go away – Peter Mac: a guide for people with cancer
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CanEAT Pathway - Peter Mac: a guide to optimal cancer nutrition for people with cancer, carers, and health professionals.
- My Cancer Guide - Cancer Council: Online directory to find support services based on people's needs and location.
Survivorship care plans
mycareplan.org.au
mycareplan.org.au is an online tool that can be used to create a survivorship care plan after treatment for:
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Early stage breast cancer
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Localised prostate cancer
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Early stage bowel cancer
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Early stage melanoma
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Uterine cancer (endometrial)
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (diffuse large B-cell)
The website is quick and easy to use, and freely available to health professionals and patients. The website can be accessed at www.mycareplan.org.au.
Survivorship care plan template
The ACSC also has developed two Microsoft Word versions of a survivorship care plan template.
The ACSC provides permission to use or adapt the survivorship care plan template for your personal use.
The ACSC provides permission for other health care providers to use or adapt the survivorship care plan template, with inclusion of the following acknowledgement: Adapted from template developed by Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre.
We also recommend:
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The ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) Survivorship Care Compendium has been developed to act as a repository of tools and resources to enable health professionals to implement or improve survivorship care within their practice.
Videos
Describing the role of primary care in cancer survivorship:
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Hospital based health professionals (8 minutes)
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Hospital based health professionals – for educators (4 minutes). Use this video in workshops, and team meetings
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General practice staff (8 minutes)
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General practice staff – for educators (4 minutes). Use this video in workshops, and team meetings
Online learning
The ACSC has developed an online education resource: Cancer Survivorship course.
Visit our Health professional events and Survivorship education pages for more online learning opportunities.
Multilingual Cancer Glossary
The multilingual glossary has over 700 cancer terms in nine different languages. It has been designed as a resource for professional translators, interpreters and bilingual health professionals working in the cancer field. The glossary is a unique central tool that enables language professionals with access to accurate, consistent, and culturally and linguistically appropriate terminology.
This project is a Cancer Australia Supporting people with cancer Grant initiative, funded by the Australian Government.
Additional resources and services
Victorian Integrated Cancer Services
Victoria’s Integrated Cancer Services (ICS) are the Victorian Cancer Clinical Network and comprise clusters of hospitals and associated health services that deliver services for people with all types of cancers within a geographic area.
For information about each ICS, including participating health services and service directories, please visit the Victorian Integrated Cancer Services website.
Primary Health Networks
Primary Health Networks (PHNs) have been established with the key objectives of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes, and improving coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time. To find out more visit the Department of Health website or click below to find a network in your state.