Primary prevention | ||
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1* | Tobacco | Preventing tobacco-related cancers: strengthen tobacco control measures |
2 | Skin cancer | Reducing risk |
Population-based screening and early detection | ||
3 | Breast cancer | Improving BreastScreen Australia |
4 | Breast cancer | Promoting prompt diagnosis |
5 | Cervical cancer | Improving Pap smear programs |
6 | Cervical cancer | Handling Pap smear results |
7* | Colorectal cancer | Developing faecal occult blood testing: develop demonstration program and evaluation, and produce evidence-based guidelines |
8* | Prostate cancer | Rationalising prostate-specific antigen testing: discourage inappropriate use of PSA tests and develop educational program for GPs |
9* | Skin cancer | Improving diagnostic skills: design and evaluate programs to improve GP's skills in diagnosis of early skin cancer |
Treatment | ||
10* | Guidelines | A national approach: identify priority areas and develop and disseminate evidence-based clinical guidelines |
11* | Multidisciplinary care | Evaluation and facilitation: identify benefits and costs of multidisciplinary care and improve consultations especially in rural and remote areas |
12* | Palliative care | Filling gaps: develop national strategies and research on co-ordinated palliative care |
13* | Prostate cancer | Dealing with treatment uncertainties: assess the treatment and outcome of early and advanced prostate cancer |
14* | Psychosocial care | Defining, implementing and monitoring: define appropriate psychosocial care, develop a strategy, and establish national consumers' forum in cancer control |
General | ||
15* | General practice | Promoting participation in cancer control: improve preventive, screening and early detection, and cancer management, in general practice |
16 | Equity | Implementing culturally relevant cancer control measures |
17 | Consumer | Facilitating involvement |
18* | Research | Continuing the national commitment: maintain and extend |
19* | Familial cancers | Organising education and resources: develop educational approaches, link genetic registries, and promote research |
20* | Data collection | Meeting urgent national needs: develop a national standard for clinical data registries, add staging information to registries |
21 | Clinical trials | Encouraging participation of doctors and patients |