Resources
Here, you’ll find consensus documents, guidelines and other documentation produced by CAPCA and its partners to strengthen and align how cancer care is delivered across the country.
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Patient Engagement Guidance for Canadian Radiation Treatment Programs, June 2016
This document provides guidance on activities radiation treatment programs can incorporate into their programs to ensure that patients and family members are adequately and appropriately engaged in activities related to the quality and safety of the care they receive.
Patient Education Guidance for Canadian Radiation Treatment Programs, March 2020
This document provides guidance for radiation treatment programs on how they can incorporate patient education techniques, tools and resources into their programs to ensure that patients and family members are adequately and appropriately educated in their care.
Guidance on the use of Patient Reported Outcomes for Canadian Radiation Treatment Programs, September 2020
This document provides guidance for radiation treatment programs on how they can enhance and optimize the collection and use of patient reported outcomes (PROs) in routine clinical practice.
Guidance on the use of common nomenclature in Canadian radiation treatment programs, March 2021
This document provides guidance for radiation treatment programs on how to implement and use common nomenclature related to clinical, dosimetric, and treatment data.
Radiation Therapy Patient Charter
The patient charter is designed to outline essential patient rights over the course of their radiation therapy and aid healthcare professionals involved in their care (including radiation therapists) to help ensure these are met.
Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Guide for Patients (video)
This video from the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer explains why it’s important for patients to complete questionnaires about their symptoms and concerns to allow for healthcare professionals to better meet their needs.
Living with cancer: A report on the patient experience
This report from the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer presents a patient perspective on Canadian cancer care, illuminating the experience of individuals and families living with and beyond cancer.
LINAC treatment video
Video documenting a patient’s radiotherapy experience over six weeks of daily treatments at the University of Pennsylvania.
Recommendations for the Safe Use and Handling of Oral Anti-Cancer Drugs (OACDs) in Community Pharmacy: A Pan-Canadian Consensus Guideline (2017)
This evidence-informed consensus guideline was developed to address the safe handling of oral anti-cancer drugs (OACDs) in community pharmacies across the medication lifecycle, from manufacturer packaging to waste management and incident reporting.
Oral Cancer Drug Therapy Safe Use and Safe Handling Guideline (2015)
These guidelines apply specifically to the use of oral cancer drug therapy in the treatment of adult cancer though we strongly believe they are broadly applicable and address important gaps and concerns regarding safe use and handling of these hazardous drugs in any practice setting.
