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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Optimization of Surgical and Pathological Quality Performance in Radical Surgery for Colon and Rectal Cancer: Margins and Lymph Nodes

Document Status: In-Review
ID: 17-4
Version: 2

Nov 2016

Organizational Guidance for the Care of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer in Ontario

Document Status: Current
ID: GL 5-3ORG
Version: 2

Apr 2019

Organizational Guideline for Gynecologic Oncology Services in Ontario

Document Status: In-Review
ID: 4-11

Jun 2013

Pandemic Planning Clinical Guideline for Patients with Cancer

Document Status: Current
Version: 2

Dec 2021

Patient Indications for Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Document Status: Current
ID: GL 8-11

Jan 2018

Performance of Needle Biopsy of the Prostate for Men with Suspected or Established Prostate Cancer

Document Status: Current
Version: 1

Sep 2017

Person-Centred Virtual Cancer Care Clinical Guidance

Document Status: Current
Version: 2

Jan 2022

Position Statements for Nursing Practice in Cancer Care

Document Status: Current
Version: 2

May 2021

Primary Excision Margins and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Cutaneous Melanoma

Document Status: Current
ID: 8-2
Version: 2

Nov 2017

Recommendations for the Delivery of Psychosocial Oncology Services in Ontario

Document Status: Current

Apr 2018

Recommendations for the Treatment of Patients with Clinical Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Endorsement of the 2019 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidance and the 2018 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Guidance

Document Status: In-Review
ID: GL END 7-3
Version: 4

Apr 2020

Regional Therapies for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

Document Status: Current
ID: GL 2-30a
Version: N/A

Mar 2020