ACUTE ONCOLOGY INITIAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES

! 1 ! 1 GUIDELINES for the INITIAL MANAGEMENT of adult patients who have a cancer diagnosis, and present as an emergency or unplanned admission with a complication of their disease or cancer treatment. UKONS ACUTE ONCOLOGY INITIAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ACUTE ONCOLOGY INITIAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINESV ersion DRAFT 2 (Review date: ).The following professional bodies have reviewed the GUIDELINES and support use in practice:! 2 IntroductionP. 4 General Information and Principles Guideline 1 Anaphylaxis/Allergic 2 Arthralgia/Myalgia P. 9 Guideline 3 Bleeding and/ or bruisingP. 1 0 Guideline 4 Chest PainP.

!5 • Please consider drug toxicity as a possible cause of presenting problem.Systemic Anti - Cancer Therapy (SACT) includes cytotoxic chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, targeted agents, immunotherapy and new and novel therapies. • SACT toxicities can cause acute deterioration but are often reversible if managed rapidly and

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