Directory of post-treatment, survivorship care guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines serve as a guide for doctors and outline appropriate methods of treatment and care. 

Optimal Care Pathways  

The Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre (ACSC) recommends health professionals refer to the Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs). The OCPs describe optimal cancer care for specific tumour types. They map the patient's journey, aiming to foster an understanding of the whole pathway, identifying specific points and recommended care at each stage, to promote quality cancer care and patient experiences. 

The OCPs are being implemented nationally. 

The ACSC also provides a directory of additional survivorship resources from reputable national and international organisations. 

ACSC follow-up guidelines 

• Follow-up of breast cancer survivors

• Follow-up of colorectal cancer survivors

• Follow-up of survivors of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtype

• Follow-up of survivors of early stage melanoma

• Follow-up of survivors of endometrial cancer

• Follow-up of survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma

• Follow-up of prostate cancer survivors 

• Survivorship care in general practice: supporting patients to live well factsheet 

Cancer Australia guidelines 

• Clinical guidance for responding to suffering in adults with cancer 

• Recommendations for the identification and management of fear of cancer recurrence in adult cancer survivors 

• Management of menopausal symptoms in women with a history of breast cancer 

• Recommendations for follow-up of women with early breast cancer 

• Follow-up of women with epithelial ovarian cancer 

• Follow-up care for women with low-risk endometrial cancer: A guide for General Practitioners 

• Follow-up after initial definitive treatment for each stage of melanoma 

• Shared cancer follow-up and survivorship care: early breast cancer 

• Shared cancer follow-up and survivorship care: low-risk endometrial cancer 

American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines 

• Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline 

• Screening, assessment and management of fatigue in adult survivors of cancer: an American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation 

• Management of Anxiety and Depression in Adult Survivors of Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update 

• Prevention and management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in survivors of adult cancers 

• Fertility Preservation in patients with cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Update 

• Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers 

• Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers 

• Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline Endorsement 

• Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care 

• ACS/ASCO Breast Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline 

• Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care