The guideline recommendations were approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on 27 October 2017 under section 14A of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.
Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer
PDF download: Colorectal cancer guidelines short-form guidelines (recommendations only)
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This is a wiki-based guideline. A PDF version of the recommendations in the guideline (short-form guideline), has been made available for download using the link above.
Introduction
Summary of recommendations
Plain-language summary
Colorectal cancer in Australia
Primary prevention
Population screening for colorectal cancer
- Evidence: Screening benefit (PSC1a)
- Evidence: Screening age (PSC1d)
The symptomatic patient
Risk and screening based on family history
High-risk familial syndromes
Imaging a patient with a diagnosis of colon/rectal adenocarcinoma
Pathology and staging
- Optimal molecular profiling (PTH1)
Preparation for surgery and perioperative optimisation
Elective and emergency surgery for colon and rectal cancer
Adjuvant therapy for colon cancer
Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer
Management of resectable locally recurrent disease and metastatic disease
Management non-resectable locally recurrence disease and metastatic disease
The role of systemic therapies in non-resectable metastatic disease
Follow-up after curative resection for colorectal cancer
- Optimal surveillance protocol (FUR1-2)
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