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Endometrial cancer clinical practice guidelines

Cancer Australia's National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers' (NCGC) work program involves identifying priority areas for the development of clinical practice guidelines to support health professionals make decisions about appropriate investigations, treatment and care for women affected by gynaecological cancers.

There are currently no national, evidence-based clinical guidelines for endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer is the most common invasive gynaecological cancer in Australia, affecting approximately 2000 women and causing an estimated 370 deaths per year. 

New resource to support general practitioners and gynaecologists investigate abnormal vaginal bleeding

The NCGC has developed diagnostic guides, now available on the website, to assist general practitioners and gynaecologists assess pre-, peri- and post-menopausal women with abnormal vaginal bleeding to maximise diagnostic accuracy for endometrial cancer. These guides were developed with assistance from an expert working group (PDF 37KB).

Click on the following link to download a copy of:

New clinical practice guidelines for early stage endometrial cancer open for public consultation

Cancer Australia has worked in partnership with Cancer Council Australia to develop clinical practice guidelines for the management of women with early stage endometrial cancer, with assistance from an expert working group, chaired by Dr. Alison Brand. The draft guidelines are currently available for public comment on the Cancer Council Australia wiki site at:

Information on the public consultation process and details on how to make a submission can be found at:

Comments on these guidelines are welcome until 4 August 2011.

Contributing authors to these guidelines include:
Dr Alison Brand
Dr Olivia Bigault
Associate Professor Robyn Cheuk
Associate Professor Margaret Davy
Dr Andrew Dean
Dr Elizabeth Dillon
Professor Ian Hammond
Associate Professor Russell Hogg
Dr Linda Mileshkin
Dr Marcelo Nascimento
Professor Andreas Obermair
Dr Selvan Pather
Dr Stuart Salfinger
Dr Colin Stewart

Once finalised, the guidelines will be available in a wiki-based format which will provide the infrastructure for ongoing updates from closed expert panels as new published evidence becomes available.

 

 

     

Updated 07 Jul 2011