Guidelines & Advice

Surgery

The guidelines and other documents available here provide recommendations and best practices for surgical treatment of people affected by cancer in Ontario.

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Active Surveillance for the Management of Localized Prostate Cancer

Document Status: In-Review
ID: 17-9

Dec 2014

Adjuvant Care for Stage I Ovarian Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: 4-13
Version: 3

Mar 2022

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 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

An Endorsement of the ASCO-SNO Guideline on Therapy for Diffuse Astrocytic and Oligodendroglial Tumors in Adults

Document Status: Current
ID: GL END 9-10
Version: 2

Aug 2022

An Endorsement of the ASTRO/ESTRO 2023 Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Oligometastatic or Oligoprogressive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: GL END 7-24

Nov 2024

Appropriate Surgical Margins and Proper Handling of Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities

Document Status: Archived
ID: 11-10

Oct 2015

Cancer Care Ontario Thyroid Cancer Guideline: An Endorsement of the 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: GL END 5-13
Version: N/A

Jun 2023

Complex surgery and perioperative systemic therapy for genitourinary cancer of the retroperitoneum

Document Status: Current
ID: GL 3-20
Version: N/A

Aug 2019

Endorsement of the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Guideline

Document Status: In-Review
ID: 7-14
Version: 3

Dec 2018

Follow-Up Model of Care for Cancer Survivors: Recommendations for the Delivery of Follow-up Care for Cancer Survivors in Ontario

Document Status: Current
ID: N/A
Version: N/A

Mar 2019