Dissemination of the guidelines
Aim:
To disseminate the new clinical practice guidelines for the management of melanoma in Australia and New Zealand to relevant individuals and groups throughout NSW and the ACT.
Methods:
- Full hard copy of the guidelines and directions to the electronic version of the guidelines to:
- Dermatologists, surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, medical imaging physicians, skin cancer clinics, oncology /general nursing staff, medical /nursing / fellowship educational institutes, health /medical libraries, NSW & ACT Cancer Council, Cancer Institute NSW, NSW Area Health Services, satellite cancer care centres, and patient organisations.
- E-bulletins about the guidelines for posting by a selection of organizations and groups (e.g. medical colleges)
- Articles in medical journals.
- Aid memoire to general practitioners.
Status:
Dissemination of over 2,000 full hard copies within NSW and the ACT and directions to an electronic version of the guidelines is complete. Aid memoire disseminated by the Australian Cancer Network to all GPs in Australia through insertion of hard copy in a GP journal. E-bulletins developed and circulated to relevant organisations and groups.
Please click here to download the full file of Clinical Practice Guidelines Management of Melanoma
Alternatively you may download the following individual files:
- Guidelines Cover Page
- Guidelines Contents
- Guidelines Forward
- Guidelines New Zealand Forward
- Guidelines Preface
- Guidelines Executive Summary
- Guidelines Introduction
- Guidelines Summary of clinical practice recommendations
- Guidelines Chapter 1 Prevention
- Guidelines Chapter 2 Population based whole body skin screening for melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 3 Identification and management of high risk individuals
- Guidelines Chapter 4 Classification and staging of melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 5 Clinical diagnosis
- Guidelines Chapter 6 Biopsy
- Guidelines Chapter 7 Histopathological reporting of cutaneous melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 8 Appropriate investigations
- Guidelines Chapter 9 Congenital melanocytic naevi
- Guidelines Chapter 10 Lentigo maligna
- Guidelines Chapter 11 Treatment of primary melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 12 Management of regional lymph nodes in melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 13 Management of locoregionally recurrent melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 14 Adjuvant systemic therapy for melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 15 Treatment of disseminated melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 16 Psychosocial issues in melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 17 Palliative care in melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 18 Multidisciplinary care of melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 19 Follow up
- Guidelines Chapter 20 Clinical Trials
- Guidelines Chapter 21 Treatment of desmoplastic melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 22 Mucosal melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 23 Occult melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 24 Ocular melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 25 Melanoma in children
- Guidelines Chapter 26 Pregnancy and melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 27 Prognostic factors and survival outcomes in cutaneous melanoma
- Guidelines Chapter 28 Complementary and alternative medicine
- Guidelines Chapter 29 Melanoma in specific populations in Australia
- Guidelines Chapter 30 Melanoma in Maori and melanoma in Pacific peoples in New Zealand
- Guidelines Appendices
- Guidelines Abbreviations and glossary
