Cancer Treatment Pathways
Cancer is scary. However, we have found that one way to counter that fear is by empowering patient’s with knowledge of the disease, as well as the medical expertise of the care team.
We hope to make to alleviate the stresses associated with cancer by letting patients know that doctors have access to the best, most appropriate course of treatment. Pathway tools are used by our cancer care physicians to make the best cancer treatment recommendations for your type of cancer. They incorporate evidence-based cancer treatment protocols to assure that you’ll receive the highest standards of Australian cancer care.
Click below to find out more about pathways for your cancer type.
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
Enhanced recovery after surgery, or ERAS, is a treatment program based on the best available medical science used by the surgical team to expedite and enhance recovery after surgeries.
The protocol items is developed and run by a team of the key professionals involved; surgeons, anaesthetist, nurses, dieticians, physiotherapists and others and they jointly keep control over the entire patient journey and audit the treatment continuously. Important components of these protocols occur before, during, and after a procedure.
Enhanced Recovery programs have been shown to be more safe and effective relative to traditional care. Numerous research reports have shown that employing ERAS as opposed to traditional care has marked effects on recovery. In many surgeries recovery time can be shortened by 30% or more and complication rates after the operation by at least as much.
Compared with traditional management, ERAS pathways have the potential to improve patient quality of life immediately after surgery and in the long term after returning home. Another important aspect of Enhanced Recovery is their ability to speed up your recovery. Optimal recovery for physical strength is a known benefit of Enhanced Recovery Pathways.
How to get ready for surgery.
What to expect after surgery.
