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 January 2020.

ISBN: 978 1 76096 154 1

Cancer Council Victoria and Department of Health Victoria 2020, Optimal care pathway for people with sarcoma (bone and soft tissue sarcoma), 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 the development of this optimal cancer care pathway.

Prof. Peter Choong (Chair), Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Mr Naveed Alam, Thoracic Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital

Lauren Atkins, Dietitian,

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Dr Susie Bae, Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Victoria Bartlett, Orthotist/Prothetist, St Vincent’s Hospital

Mandy Basson, Consumer representative, Sock it to Sarcoma!, Western Australia Prof. Richard Carey-Smith, Surgeon, Perth Orthopaedic

Meghann Lang, Sarcoma and AYA Specialist Nurse, Canberra Hospital

Aisling Lim, Pharmacist,

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Mr Eldon Mah, Plastic Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital

Deborah May, Sarcoma Nurse Coordinator, St Vincent’s Hospital

Assoc. Prof. Sam Ngan, Radiation Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Carolyn Page, Physiotherapist, St Vincent’s Hospital

Mr Grant Pang, Orthopaedic Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital

Assoc. Prof. Stephen Schlicht,

Interventional Radiologist, St Vincent’s Hospital John Slavin, Pathologist, St Vincent’s Hospital Kate Thompson, OnTRac Program Manager, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Jacky Woods, Clinical Nurse Consultant, State Sarcoma Service, Western Australia

Jenny Post, Project Manager –

Optimal Care Pathways, Cancer Council Victoria Alexandra Viner, Project Associate –

Optimal Care Pathways, Cancer Council Victoria

Cancer Australia Cancer Council Victoria

Cancer Institute New South Wales Consumer representatives

Department of Health and Human Services, Cancer Strategy and Development

Monash University

North Eastern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service

Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre The University of Melbourne Wyong Hospital

Allied Health Professions Australia Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Care

Australian Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australian College of Nursing

Australian Institute of Radiography Australian Medical Association Australian Orthopaedic Association Australasian Sarcoma Study Group Medical Oncology Group of Australia Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Other stakeholders consulted to provide feedback including Cancer Action Victoria, a number of health services and integrated cancer services.