Background reading

Other tumour streams generally:

• https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/cancer-types
• https://www.cancervic.org.au/cancer-information
• https://wecan.org.au/

Some specific examples related to presentations:

Head and Neck cancers

• What is head and neck cancer?https://www.headandneckcancer.org.au/BeyondFive/media/HANCA-Fact-Sheets/What-is-Head-and-Neck-Cancer-HANCA2020-docx_1.pdf
• Oropharyngeal Cancer (including cancer of the tonsil)

Melanoma

• Melanoma https://melanomapatients.org.au/
• What is melanoma? https://melanomapatients.org.au/
• Melanoma treatment https://melanomapatients.org.au/treatment/

Bladder cancer

• Bladder cancer overview (Cancer Council Victoria)
  • https://www.cancervic.org.au/cancer-information/types-of-cancer/bladder_cancer/bladder-cancer-overview.html
  • https://www.cancervic.org.au/downloads/resources/booklets/Understanding-Bladder-Cancer.pdf (page 43 onwards – urinary diversions and stoma)

• Bladder Cancer Patient Guidebook (Bladder Cancer Australia Charitable Foundation)
  • https://www.bladdercancer.org.au/bladder-cancer-patient-guidebook/ (register and download)

Nutrition and NETs

• https://neuroendocrine.org.au/neuroendocrine-cancers/

• What are neuroendocrine cancers (NETs) https://neuroendocrine.org.au/what-are-nets/

• Managing diarrhoea https://neuroendocrine.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/190801b-UFD-Factsheet3-Diarrhoea-Final.pdf

• Nutrition and NETs https://neuroendocrine.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/N5724-NECA_NutritionBrochureA5-2021Update-FINAL2-NB.pdf (p9-13)

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

Leukaemia Foundation https://www.leukaemia.org.au/

Types of blood cancer https://www.leukaemia.org.au/blood-cancer-information/types-of-blood-cancer/

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

• https://www.leukaemia.org.au/blood-cancer-information/types-of-blood-cancer/leukaemia/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia/
• https://www.leukaemia.org.au/blood-cancer-information/types-of-blood-cancer/leukaemia/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia-treatment/
• https://www.leukaemia.org.au/blood-cancer-information/types-of-blood-cancer/leukaemia/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia-treatment/side-effects-of-cml-treatment/

Organisations list

List of relevant cancer NGO's

Training resources

Learning objectives

Schedule

Homework files for day 2

Group allocation list

Homework task description

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