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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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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

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

Clinical Utility of Positron Emission Tomography in the Diagnosis, Staging and Management of Sarcoidosis

Document Status: Current
ID: PET 11

Aug 2011

Comparison of PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging in Oncology

Document Status: Current
ID: ES PET 16
Version: 2

Apr 2024

Complex Malignant Hematology Models of Care: Recommendations for Changes in the Roles and Composition of the Multidisciplinary Team and the Setting of Care to Improve Access for Patients in Ontario – March 2017

Document Status: Current
ID: GL-C50-31

Mar 2017

Consensus Pathology Recommendations for Complex Malignant Hematology – December 2016

Document Status: Current
ID: GL-C50-28

Dec 2016

Effective Teaching Strategies and Methods for Cancer Patient Education

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

Updated

Apr 2025

Effective Use of Advanced Practice Nurses in the Delivery of Adult Cancer Services in Ontario

Document Status: In-Review
ID: 16-4

May 2015

Endometrial Cancer Molecular Testing Recommendations Report

Document Status: Current
Version: 1

Nov 2024