Cancer Treatment Information for the Primary Health Care setting

18 Dec 2008
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The delivery of best practice care to cancer patients requires a sound understanding of the contemporary literature, key evidence and internationally accepted standards.

It also involves the administration of cytotoxic drugs and managing the associated side effects 24 hours per day. The primary health care setting is often the place a patient will come for advice and support during and following their cancer treatment cycle.

Cancer Australia has funded a project to provide cancer treatment information to general practitioners, practice nurses, and community nurses. The focus for the primary health care setting is side effect information and symptom management, presented in such a way to support the primary health care work flow. This information will be disseminated via eviQ (formerly the Cancer Institute NSW Standard Cancer Treatment Program - CI-SCaT).

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