Published Protocols

 

The following protocols are based on the 2010 AJCC/UICC 7th edition Cancer Staging Manual.

 

The guides, forms and request information sheets are provided for educational purposes and to support the implementation of structured pathology reporting of cancer. 

 

  • Guides are designed to be an  'aide de memoire'  when reporting and contain a condensed version of the standards and guidelines from the protocol. 'Help' in the form of the relevant sections from the protocol is available  by clicking on the hyperlinked standard or guideline number. The guides are the easiest way of accessing the wealth of information in the protocol.  (You will need an active internet connection to view the information.)
  • Forms are designed to provide a paper version of the checklist in Chapter 6 of the protocol, with response values and spaces for notes.   
  • Request Information sheets are designed to provide guidance for clinicians requesting surgical pathology for specific cancers describing the type of information required by the pathologist to adequately assess the specimen.
  • Typists templates are intended to faciliate data entry of dictated structured reports. These should not be used for implementation purposes.

 

 

 Cancer Protocol

 Guide

 Form

 Request

 Information

 Typists

 Template

Gastrointestinal        

 Colorectal Cancer

 2nd edition, updated Apr 2013  (PDF, 751KB)

 Guide - Colon (PDF)

 Guide - Rectum (PDF)

 Form (PDF)

 

Request (PDF)

 

Template

(MS Word)

 Gastric Cancer   

 V1.0, Feb 2011 (PDF, 549KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.0, 154KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.0 168KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 129KB

Template

(MS Word)

Oesophagus and GOJ (Endoscopic resect.)  

 V1.0, Feb 2013 (PDF, 4,740KB)

Guide (PDF)

  V1.0, 203KB

Form(PDF)

  V1.0 252KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 162KB

Template

(MS Word)

Oesophagus and GOJ 

 V1.0, Feb 2013 (PDF, 4,031KB)

Guide (PDF)

  V1.0, 235KB

Form (PDF)

  V1.0 244KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 352KB

Template

(MS Word)

Haematopoietic & Lymphoid Tumours        

 Haematopoietic & Lymphoid Tumours

 V1.3, updated July 2010  (PDF, 190KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 V1.0, 493KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.0, 498KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 122KB

Template

(MS Word)

Pulmonary and Mediastinum        

 Lung  

 V1.3, updated  July 2010  (PDF, 337KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 V1.1, 495KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.4 495KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 111KB

Template

(MS Word)

Skin & Adnexal        

 Primary Cutaneous Melanoma

 V1.1, updated April 2010  (PDF, 242KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 V1.1, 483KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.1, 485KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 93KB

Template

(MS Word)

Genitourinary        

 Prostate (Radical Prostatectomy)   

 V1.1, updated April 2010  (PDF, 311KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 V1.4, 486KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.1, 484KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 97KB

Template

(MS Word)

 Renal Parenchymal Malignancy

 (Renal Cell Carcinoma) 

 V1.1, updated Nov 2011 (PDF, 247KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.0, 162KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.0, 170KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 120KB

Template

(MS Word)

 Testicular tumours  

 V1.0 Nov 2011  (PDF, 518KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 V1.0, 207KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.0, 209KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 146KB

Template

(MS Word)

 Bladder Cancer  

  V1.0 Apr 12  (PDF, 278KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 V1.0, 228KB

 Form (PDF)

 V1.0, 236KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.1, 153KB

Template

(MS Word)

Breast        

 Breast  

 2nd edition, posted Nov 2012 (PDF, 1221KB)

 Guide (PDF)

 

 Form (PDF)

 

 Request (PDF)

 

Template

(MS Word)

Gynaecological        

 Endometrium

 V1.0, Feb 2011  (PDF, 417KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.1, 175KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.0, 187KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 110KB

Template

(MS Word)

  Vulva

 V1.0, Feb 2013  (PDF, 1,150KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.1, 199KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.0, 279KB

 Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 255KB

 Template

(MS Word)

Bone & Soft Tissue        
 Soft Tissue Tumour Resection

  V1.0, Feb 2011  (PDF, 266KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.2, 179KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.1, 183KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 126KB

Template

(MS Word)

Head, Neck & Endocrine        
 Thyroid Cancer 

  V1.0 Feb 2011  (PDF, 927KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.0, 172KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.0, 178KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 133KB

Template

(MS Word)

 Oral Cancer 

  V1.1 Jan 2012  (PDF, 511KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.2, 219KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.1, 210KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 524KB

Template

(MS Word)

Neurological        

  V1.1, Mar 2012 (PDF, 126KB)

 Guide (PDF)

  V1.1, 138KB

 Form (PDF)

  V1.0, 147KB

Request (PDF)

 V1.0, 123KB

Template

(MS Word)

 

 

 

 

   

Note: Version updates to the protocols V1.2, V1.3 etc represent minor formatting updates only and do not substantially change the content of the protocol in any way.

 

To review the protocol development or update process, click here to go to the Protocol Development page.

 

For additional information on the protocols, click here to go to the Frequently Asked Questions page.