About this OCP
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to the land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders past, present and emerging.
This work is available from the Cancer Council website.
First published in May 2015. This edition published in June 2021.
ISBN: 978-1-76096-152-7
Cancer Council Victoria and Department of Health and Human Services Victoria 2021, Optimal care pathway for people with Hodgkin and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas, 2nd edn, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne.
Enquiries about this publication can be sent to optimalcare.pathways@cancervic.org.au.
Our thanks to the following health professionals, consumer representatives, stakeholders and organisations consulted in developing this optimal care pathway.
Professor John Seymour (Chair), Haematologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Michael Dickinson, Haematologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Ms Tracey Dryden, Nurse Consultant, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Associate Professor Eliza Hawkes, Medical Oncologist, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, Austin Health and Eastern Health
Ms Helena Rodi, Project Manager, Advance Care Planning Australia
Professor Robert Thomas, Special Advisor on Health, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Andrew Wirth, Radiation Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Ms Julia Brancato, Project Coordinator, Optimal Care Pathways, Cancer Council Victoria
Professor John Seymour (Chair), Director, Department of Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Dr Phillip Campbell, Head of Haematology, Barwon Health
Dr Duncan Carradice, Haematologist, Western Health
Dr Geoff Chong, Medical Oncologist, Austin Health, Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre
Ms Tracey Dryden, National Lymphoma Coordinator, Leukaemia Foundation
Ms Jane Farrow, Senior Occupational Therapist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Asscociate Professor Michael Hofman, Nuclear Medicine Physician
Ms Lynda Katona, Manager, Psychological Service, Alfred Health
Dr Kylie Mason, Haematologist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne
Dr Francoise Mechinaud, Director, Royal Children’s Hospital Cancer Centre
Ms Yvonne Panek-Hudson, Nurse Practitioner, Haemotology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Mr Peter Shuttleworth, Haematology Clinical Nurse Consultant, Austin Health
Mr Graeme Still, Manager, Blood and Marrow Transplant Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation
Professor Robert Thomas, Chief Advisor on Cancer, Department of Health and Human Services
Professor Andrew Wirth, Radiation Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne
Ms Kathryn Whitfield, Acting Manager Cancer Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Ms Alexandra Viner, Project Manager – Optimal Care Pathways, Cancer Council Victoria
Advance Care Planning Australia
Allied Health Professions Australia
Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists
Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Royal Australia College of Physicians
Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group
Australian and New Zealand Society of Neuroradiology
Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Care
Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre
Australian College of Nursing
Australian Medical Association
Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
Cancer Nurses Society of Australia
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia
Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand
Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia
Leukaemia Foundation
Lymphoma Australia
Medical Oncology Group of Australia
Oncology Social Workers Australia and New Zealand
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Alfred Health
Cancer Australia
Cancer Council Victoria, Strategy and Support Division
Cancer Institute New South Wales
Concord Repatriation General Hospital New South Wales
Consumer representative
Department of Health and Human, Health and Wellbeing Division Services, Cancer and Aged Care Unit
National Cancer Expert Reference Group
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Other stakeholders consulted to provide feedback include relevant Cancer Council committees and networks, Integrated Cancer Services, Primary Health Networks and several health services.
The multidisciplinary team may include the following members:
- Aboriginal health practitioner, Indigenous liaison officer or remote general practitioner
- care coordinator (as determined by multidisciplinary team members)*
- exercise physiologist
- fertility specialist
- haematologist/medical oncologist*
- nurse (with appropriate expertise)*
- pathologist*
- radiation oncologist*
- radiologist/imaging specialists*
- clinical trials coordinator
- dietitian
- exercise physiologist
- general practitioner
- nuclear medicine physician
- occupational therapist
- palliative care specialist
- pharmacist
- physiotherapist
- psychiatrist
- psychologist
- social worker
- spiritual/pastoral care.
* Denotes core members. Core members of the multidisciplinary team are expected to attend most multidisciplinary team meetings either in person or remotely.