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UK treatment guidelines - Soft tissue sarcomas


Cancer service guidance: Improving outcomes for people with sarcoma - NICE, March 2006

Produced by: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Purpose: Cancer service guidance about how healthcare services for people with sarcoma should be organised. The guidance recommends which healthcare professionals should be involved in treatment and care, and the types of hospital or cancer centre that are best suited to provide that healthcare.

Can be obtained from: The NICE website.

Link to website: www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=csgsarcoma


Prodigy Guidance: Bone Cancer and Sarcoma - suspected

Produced by: Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle, 2005

Purpose: This guidance is a direct implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s guideline Referral guidelines for suspected bone cancer and sarcoma. This guidance does not cover other aspects of the management of patients with bone cancer or sarcoma.

Can be obtained from: The NHS National Library for Health: Clinical Knowledge Summaries website.

Link to website: http://cks.library.nhs.uk/bone_ca_sarcoma_suspected/in_depth


Content last reviewed: 20 July 2007
Page last modified: 20 July 2007

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