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| kidney cancer information pathway |
| pathway version | pathway first published | pathway due for review | links last updated | full pdf version |
| 2.0 | 01 September 2011 | 01 September 2013 | 15 November 2011 |
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| PATHWAY STAGE | INFORMATION RESOURCES TO BE OFFERED TO PATIENTS |
| General Awareness Screening Signs & symptoms discovered GP visit | Lifestyle and Cancer – Reduce the Risks (Cancer Research UK (CRUK)) |
| Are You Worried About Cancer? (cancerbackup) | |
| NHS Direct card (NHS Direct) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) |
| Referred for tests and investigations | Urgent suspected cancer referral process (Local) |
| Local key contact - GP / secondary care (Local) | |
| NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) | |
| CT Scan (Local) | |
| How to Prepare for your first appointment (cancerbackup) |
| Diagnosis of Cancer | The Cancer Guide (Macmillan Cancer Support) |
| Cancer information and support services in YCN (YCN) | |
| NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) | |
| Individual treatment plan and key worker contact details (Local) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Local and national information for carers (Local) | |
| Understanding Kidney Cancer (cancerbackup) | |
| Cancer of the Ureter and Renal Pelvis (cancerbackup) | |
| Information Care & Support (LTHT) |
| Referred for treatment including further investigations | NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Practical Information including transport, parking, travel, hospital infections, attending or being admitted to hospital (Local) | |
| Understanding Kidney Cancer (cancerbackup) | |
| Radical nephrectomy (Local) | |
| Partial nephrectomy (Local) | |
| Nephroureterectomy (Local) | |
| RFA Radio Frequency Ablation (LTHT) |
| Survivorship, Follow Up and Living With Cancer | How to access local services, key contact details, discharge / follow up (Local) |
| NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Discharge After Nephrectomy (LTHT) |
| Recurrence, Relapse and Advanced Disease | NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) |
| Individual treatment plan and key worker contact details (Local) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Clinical Trials (if appropriate) (Local) | |
| Biological therapies (Local) |
| Palliative Care | NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) |
| Local service provision (Local) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) |
| End of Life | End of Life the Facts (Marie Curie Cancer Care) |
