Health professionals
Clinical practice guidelines for lymphoma:
- National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian consensus guidelines for the management of neutropenic fever in adult cancer patients
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (US), Clinical practice guidelines in oncology: Hodgkin lymphoma
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (US), Clinical practice guidelines in oncology: Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia/lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (US), Clinical practice guidelines in oncology: non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas
Optimal cancer care pathways for lymphoma:
These clinical guides for health professionals set out key principles for optimal care at each step of the patient journey from prevention through to survivorship / end of life care.
The guides have been endorsed by the National Cancer Expert Reference Group, Cancer Australia and Cancer Council Australia.
Patients and their family and carers can use the consumer versions to better understand an often complex health system, and to know what questions to ask of their health professionals to ensure they receive the best care at every step.
Help your patients and their family and carers understand the process they are going through by printing and sharing these guides as appropriate.
- View the Optimal Cancer Care Pathways or download consumer PDFs from www.cancer.org.au/OCP
- View the interactive consumer web portal at www.cancerpathways.org.au
- Lymphoma clinical cancer pathway
For more information about lymphoma diagnosis and treatment
See the National Cancer Institute’s (US) Adult Hodgkin lymphoma treatment – for health professionals (PDQ®), Adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment – for health professionals (PDQ®), AIDS-related lymphoma treatment – for health professionals (PDQ®) and Primary CNS lymphoma treatment – for health professionals (PDQ®)*.
*When reading materials that are published in other countries, note that some of the information may not apply to Australian patients.