Specialist areas
Chemotherapy guidelines
This section is provided for health professionals.
Members of the general public are welcome to use these pages but should be aware that they are not written with them in mind.
Choose an option on the left for info aimed at the general public.
Current guidelines agreed by the Network Chemotherapy Group
If you have any comments or queries about the content in this section, please contact Clare Dikken, Macmillan Senior Chemotherapy Nurse on 01273 485418.
- NPSA Oral Chemotherapy Handbook of Medicines
- Standards for the Safe Use of Oral Anticancer Medicines
- NPSA Rapid Response Report: Risks of Incorrect Dosing of Oral Anti-Cancer Medicines
- Central venous access device policy
- Guidelines for the use of chemotherapy regimes not approved by the Network Chemotherapy Group
- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of nausea and vomiting in adults receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy
- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy induced stomatitis in adults
- Guidelines for folinic acid rescue in adults
- Guidelines for intravenous pre-hydration for chemotherapy regimes in adults
- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy associated cholinergic diarrhoea in adults
- Guidelines for the prevention of hypersensitivity reactions in adults
- Guidelines for the use of Mesna in adults
- GP guidelines for treatment of chemotherapy complications
- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy induced hand-foot syndrome in adults
- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of extravasation of chemotherapy drugs
- Extravasation drug management sheets
- Guidelines for the use of GCSF in adults undergoing chemotherapy
- Guidelines for the treatment of anaphylaxis in adults
- Information sheet for patients following extravasation of cytotoxic drugs
- Information sheet for patients regarding hand and foot syndrome