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.
Published in June 2022.
ISBN: 978-1-76096-748-2
Cancer Council Victoria and Commonwealth Government 2022, Optimal care pathway for people with neuroendocrine tumours, 1st 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.
Dr David Chan (Chair), Medical Oncologist, Royal North Shore Hospital and The University of Sydney, NSW
A/Prof. David Wyld (Deputy Chair), Medical Oncologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Qld
Ms Julia Brancato, Optimal Care Pathways Lead, Cancer Council Victoria
A/Prof. Gabrielle Cehic AM, Nuclear Medicine Physician, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA
Prof. Ray Chan, Nurse, Flinders University, SA
A/Prof. Roderick Clifton-Bligh, Endocrinologist, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
Ms Meredith Cummins, Project Officer /Clinical Research Associate / NET Nurse, NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia
Prof. Anthony Gill, Pathologist, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
Dr Erin Laing, Senior Dietitian, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria
Ms Simone Leyden, CEO, NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia
Dr Benjamin Loveday, Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Vic
Dr Bill MacDonald, Nuclear Medicine Physician, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA
Dr Katrina Marshall, General Practitioner, Barrier Reef Medical, Qld
Mrs Amanda Stork, Consumer, NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia
Prof. Gerald Fogarty, Radiation Oncologist, Icon Cancer Centre Revesby, NSW
Prof. Michael Michael, Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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 Gastro-Intestinal Trials 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 – Gastrointestinal Cancers Group &
Neuroendocrine Tumours Group
Commonwealth Neuroendocrine Tumour Research Collaborative (CommNETs)
Gastroenterological Society of Australia
Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia
Medical Oncology Group of Australia
NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia
Oncology Social Workers Australia and New Zealand
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
