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: Current
ID: 17-9

Dec 2014

Adjuvant Care for Stage I Ovarian Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: 4-13
Version: 2

May 2016

An Endorsement of the 2017 European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO) Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Astrocytic and Oligodendroglial Gliomas

ID: GL END 9-10

Aug 2018

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

Document Status: Education and Information
ID: 11-10

Oct 2015

Breast Cancer Reconstruction Surgery (Immediate and Delayed) Across Ontario: Patient Indications and Appropriate Surgical Options

Document Status: Current
ID: 17-10

Jan 2016

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: 5-13

Mar 2017

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

Document Status: Current
ID: GL END 7-14v3
Version: 3

Updated

Dec 2018

Guideline for Optimization of Surgical and Pathological Quality Performance for Radical Prostatectomy in Prostate Cancer Management

Document Status: Current
ID: 17-3
Version: 2

Oct 2017

Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Tract Surgical Oncology Standards

Document Status: Current
ID: 17-2 Version 2
Version: 2

Dec 2015

I-131 Remnant Ablation after Thyroidectomy for Papillary or Follicular Thyroid Cancer

Document Status: Education and Information
ID: 14-3

Jul 2005

Invasive Mediastinal Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Document Status: Current
ID: 17-6
Version: 2

May 2018

Laparoscopic Surgery for Cancer of the Colon

Document Status: Education and Information
ID: 2-20-2

Sep 2005