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Diagnosis

Reducing the amount of time between symptoms starting and a diagnosis can lead to earlier treatment and reduced anxiety and distress for patients and their families. The guidelines and other documents available here focus on topics related to the diagnosis of cancer in people living in Ontario.

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18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: 7-20 Version 2
Version: 2

Oct 2012

18F-FET PET Imaging in Brain Tumours

Document Status: Current
ID: ES PET 20

Apr 2022

Acute Leukemia Provincial Plan

Document Status: Current
ID: GL-C50-34

Aug 2017

An Endorsement of the 2021 Cancer Care Alberta Clinical Practice Guideline on Uveal Melanoma

Document Status: Current
ID: C50-CIDAP-1

Mar 2024

An Endorsement of the 2022 NCCN Guideline on Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)

Document Status: Current
ID: GL-END-C50-35

Aug 2023

An Endorsement of the 2023 European Association of Urology (EAU) -American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Guidelines on Penile Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: Guideline Endorsement C50-CIDAP-2

Updated

Nov 2024

An Endorsement of the 2023 International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society’s (ISRS) Guideline: A Systematic Review Informing the Management of Symptomatic Brain Radiation Necrosis After Stereotactic Radiosurgery and ISRS Recommendations

Document Status: Current
ID: Guideline Endorsement C50-CIDAP-3

Updated

Mar 2025

Approach to Fever Assessment in Ambulatory Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

Document Status: Current
ID: 12-15

Dec 2015

Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for autoimmune diseases

Document Status: Current
ID: ES SCT-10

May 2019

Baseline Staging Imaging for Distant Metastasis in Women with Stage I, II, and III Breast Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: GL 1-14
Version: 3

Oct 2019

Best Practices for Oncologic Pathology Secondary Review: Methods and Overview

Document Status: Archived
ID: 22-2-M

Jun 2014

Best Practices for Pathology Secondary Review: Bone and Soft Tissue Cancers

Document Status: Archived
ID: 22-2-10

Jun 2014