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Health Professional Cancer Network

Health professionals play a key role in cancer control through cancer prevention, early detection, cancer diagnosis and treatment, survivorship and palliative care. Cancer Council Queensland aims to reduce the incidence of cancer, to diagnose cancer early, and enhance the standard of care for people impacted by cancer by engaging with health professionals and providing access to information and educational opportunities.

…Paediatric Oncology Nurse Registered Nurse – Paediatric Nurse Registered Nurse – Palliative Care Nurse Registrar Social Worker Specialist Medical Practitioner – Industrial Medicine Specialist Specialist Medical Practitioner – Occupational Medicine Specialist Speech Pathologist Surgeon Are you of Aboriginal and/or Torres…

advance care directive

…the future when you don’t have the capacity to make decisions. It provides a legal means for a competent adult to appoint a substitute decisionmaker and/or record their choices for future health and personal care. Also called a living will….

holistic care

Care that incorporates different types of therapies and services to ensure that your physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs are met.

emergency care plan

Document that provides direction and instructions to allow someone else to provide the care that you would usually provide.

primary health care provider

A health professional, such as a general practitioner (GP) or community nurse, who provides the first point of contact for a person to help them with a range of health care matters….

advance care plan

A document that outlines a person’s specific wishes for future medical care.

Research snapshot – Recommendations to improve sustainable care for children with cancer around the world Atun 2020

What is known? Children with cancer in lower-income countries have significantly poorer survival rates compared to those in high-income countries. These differences can be attributed to inequitable access to healthcare services, including cancer prevention programs, treatment, and health care. Additionally,…

primary health care

A person’s main health care, which is provided by a general practitioner (GP) or a community nurse. It can include initial tests and diagnoses of disease, health promotion, disease prevention, and chronic illness management….

Research snapshot – Survivorship care information for rural survivors Rowe 2022

…and remote areas who often have limited access to health and support services. A Survivorship Care Plan (SCP) is a record and information given to cancer survivors about their diagnosis, treatment, and recommended follow-up care. It contains advice on maintaining…

health care team

A group of health professionals who are responsible for treating the person you care for. This may also be called the multidisciplinary team.