Agreed SCN 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.

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Clinical guidelines

  1. Approved chemotherapy regimens for haematological cancers (101KB PDF)
  2. Best practice in lymphoma diagnosis and reporting (298KB PDF)
  3. Bisphosphonate policy (myeloma) (13.6KB PDF)
  4. Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia guidelines (76.5KB PDF)
  5. Diagnosis and management of adult patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) and primary intra-ocular lymphoma (PIOL) (49KB PDF)
  6. Diagnosis and management of AL amyloidosis (183KB PDF)
  7. Diagnosis and management of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (266KB PDF)
  8. Diagnosis and management of multiple myeloma (383KB PDF)
  9. Diagnosis and management of solitary plasmacytoma of bone and solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (109KB PDF)
  10. Diagnosis and therapy of adult myelodysplastic syndromes (143KB PDF)
  11. Diagnosis and therapy of hairy cell leukaemia (270KB PDF)
  12. Diagnosis and therapy of Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia (198KB PDF)
  13. Management of Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia (262KB PDF)
  14. Diagnosis, investigation and management of polycythaemia and erythrocytosis (245KB PDF)
  15. Amendment to guidelines for diagnosis, investigation and management of polycythaemia and erythrocytosis (495KB PDF)
  16. Follow up guidelines for haematological malignancy (103KB PDF)
  17. Imaging guidelines for haematological cancers (34KB PDF)
  18. Investigation and treatment of lymphoma in adults (165KB PDF)
  19. Management of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (40KB PDF)
  20. Management of acute myeloid leukaemia in adults (468KB PDF)
  21. Management of invasive fungal infection during therapy for haematological malignancy (14KB PDF)
  22. Management of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (69KB PDF)
  23. Obtaining consent for chemotherapy (151KB PDF)
  24. Prevention and treatment of infections in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen (165KB PDF)
  25. Colony stimulating factors in haematological malignancies (129KB PDF)
  26. Use of G-CSF in adults undergoing chemotherapy (45KB PDF)

Referral guidelines

  1. Two week wait referral proforma (EMIS) June 2006 (72kb RTF file)
  2. Two week wait referral proforma (non-EMIS) June 2006 (73kb RTF file)