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Guideline Clinical Tools and Resources


Guideline Tools & Resources

The purpose of these derivative products is to more widely disseminate, in a practical and user-friendly form, the recommendations contained in the guidelines.

Guideline Summary: A table or executive summary no longer than two pages. The primary target audience for this summary is the busy clinician looking for a synopsis of the guideline recommendations, for example, in the setting of an active clinic.  Although patients may also access this summary, it is written at the health professional level.

Summary Slide Set: Slides containing information like Problem, Question, Background, Methodology, Evidence, Recommendations, and Implications. These slides are designed to be used during Tumor Boards, Grand Rounds, and similar lectures.

Clinical Tools and Tables: If appropriate, tools like flow sheets and tables are created.  They could be used by clinical practices in their daily activities and affixed to patients’ charts.  The intent is to create a practical product that will facilitate guideline adherence in day-to-day situations for the practicing clinician. 

Patient Guide: These patient-friendly guides are based on ASCO's Clinical Practice Guidelines for physicians. To help doctors give their patients the best possible care, ASCO asks its medical experts to develop recommendations for specific areas of cancer care. Patient guides are based on ASCO's recommendations.

Breast Cancer:  View the clinical tools, guideline summaries, summary slide sets, and patient guides available for breast cancer.
Gastrointestinal Cancer:  View the clinical tools, guideline summaries, summary slide sets, and patient guides available for gastrointestinal cancer.
Genitourinary Cancer:  View the guideline summary, summary slide set, revisions table, algorithm, and patient guide available for genitourinary cancer.
Head and Neck Cancer:  View the guideline summary, summary slide set, and patient guide for larynx preservation.
Hematologic Malignancies:  View the guideline summary, summary slide set, revisions table and patient guide for the bisphosphonates in multiple myeloma guideline.
Lung Cancer:  View the summary slide set, clinical tools, and patient guide for a lung cancer guideline.
Supportive Care and Quality of Life:  View the clinical tools, guideline summaries, summary slide sets, and patient guides available for supportive care and quality of life.
Survivorship:  View the guideline summary, summary slide set, and patient guide for fertility preservation.