Oncology Resources

• Medications
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Diseases & Conditions
• Guidelines & Tools
• Databases
• Patient Education
• Mobile Apps

Medications

AMH Aged Care Companion

• Medication Use in the Elderly
• Specific Dosage Information

AMH Childen's Dosing Companion

• Australian medicines information
• Dose and practice points
• Children from birth to 18 years

Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook - AIDH

• Australian medicines information
• Drug preparation and administering
• Compatibility details

Australian Medicines Handbook

• Australian medicines information
• Therapeutic Information / Class statements
• Drug Interactions

BNF for Children

• UK medicines information
• Therapeutic class, dose and administration
• Children from neonates to 18 years

CHW Paediatric Injectables Handbook

• Australian medicines information
• Injectable drug use in children
• Drug preparation and administering

Micromedex

• US medicines Information
• Drug preparation and administering
• Interactions, comparisons , IV compatibility

MIMS

• Australian medicines information
• Pill ID Tool
• Don't Rush to Crush!

Natural Medicines

• Natural foods, herbs and therapies
• Drug - natural medicine interactions
• Evidence-based monographs

Therapeutic Guidelines

• Assessment/management guidelines
• Australian standard dosing information
• Poisons and toxicology information

Evidence-Based Practice

BMJ Best Practice

• Concise condition monographs
• Diagnosis and treatment information
• Procedural videos/tutorials

Cochrane Clinical Answers

• Systematic review summaries
• Clinical Questions and answers
• Concise and easily digested results

Cochrane Library

• Database of Systematic Reviews
• Central Register of Controlled Trials
• Methodology Register

Joanna Briggs Institute

• Evidence-Based Recommendations
• Best Practice Information Sheets
• Systematic Reviews & Summaries

TRIP Database

• Evidence-based medical database
• Searches across multiple literature sources
• Formulating PICO questions

UpToDate

• Over 10,000 clinical topics
• Diagnosis and treatment information
• Summary and recommendations

Diseases & Conditions

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology

• Clinical Oncology Text Book
• Fifth Edition

Access Medicine

• Disease & Condition Information
• Indexed Medical Textbook Search
• Multimedia & Procedural Advice

BMJ Best Practice

• Concise condition monographs
• Diagnosis and treatment information
• Procedural videos/tutorials

Cancer Journal

• Oncology Journal
• Published Bi-Monthly

eviQ - Cancer Treatments Online

• Cancer Institute NSW
• Guidelines and Treatment Information

Lancet Oncology

• Oncology Journal
• Subsidiary of The Lancet

NSW HealthPathways

• Best pratice clinical pathways
• Locally agreed primary and secondary care
• NSW Health Clinical Initiative

Therapeutic Guidelines

• Assessment/management guidelines
• Australian standard dosing information
• Poisons and toxicology information

UpToDate

• Over 10,000 clinical topics
• Diagnosis and treatment information
• Summary and recommendations

Guidelines & Tools

Charlie's Clinical Calculators

• Variety of Clinical Calculators
• Range of Clinical Areas

EBM Calc

• Medical Formulae
• Clinical Criteria Sets
• Decision Tree Analysis Tools

eviQ - Cancer Treatments Online

• Cancer Institute NSW
• Guidelines and Treatment Information

eviQ Opioid Conversion Calculator

• Cancer Institute NSW
• Opioid Conversion Calculator

MD CALC

• Variety of clinical calculators
• Practical EBM tools

MOH Policy Directives and Guidelines

• Policy Directives and Guidelines
• Statewide perspective

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• NHS Guidelines
• UK Perspective

NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Clinical practice guidelines
• Federal perspective

NSW HealthPathways

• Best pratice clinical pathways
• Locally agreed primary and secondary care
• NSW Health Clinical Initiative

Therapeutic Guidelines

• Assessment/management guidelines
• Australian standard dosing information
• Poisons and toxicology information

Databases

Embase

• Biomedical and pharmacological
• Useful Pharmaceutical sub-headings
• Over 8,500 journals indexed

Emcare

• Nursing & Allied Health Database
• International content
• Over 3,700 Journals Indexed

MEDLINE

• Allied Health and medicine database
• International biomedical literature
• Over 5,600 journals indexed

PREMEDLINE

• In-process bibliographic citations
• Find articles not yet in MEDLINE
• Up-to-the-minute information

ProQuest

• Health and medical database
• Multimedia
• Full-text dissertations

PubMed

• US National Library of Medicine
• Citation database
• Open access records included

Patient Education

Access Medicine

• Paediatric Disease & Condition Topics
• Patient Information Handouts
• US Based Resource

Australian Cancer Trials

• Australian Government Cancer Website
• Cancer Trial Information for Patients
• Clinical Trials General Information

Better Health Channel, Vic

• Disease & Condition Information
• Browse by Medical Topic or A-Z
• Browse Tests and Treatments

BMJ Best Practice

• Patient Information Leaflets
• Medicine, Disease & Condition Information
• UK Based Resource

Cancer Australia

• Australian Government Cancer Website
• Information and Advice for Patients
• Research Information and Data

CareSearch

• Palliative Care Knowledge Network
• Information for Patients and Carers

Health Direct

• Health & Medicine Information
• Symptom Checker
• Australian Resource

MIMS

• Australian resource
• Patient handouts
• Information and advice leaflets

My Health Record

• Online Patient Health Summaries
• Track Allergies/Conditions/Bloods
• Add Notes and Important Information

Natural Medicines

• Natural foods, herbs and therapies
• Drug - natural medicine interactions
• Evidence-based monographs

NPS MedicineWise

• Resources for the Public
• CPD Opportunities
• Case Studies and Medicine Insights

NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service

• Translational Services and Support
• Multilingual Resources
• Multicultural Health research

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

• Australian Prostate Cancer Website
• Research and Treatment Advice

The Cancer Council - NSW

• Australian Cancer Council
• Community Forums
• Support and Prevention Advice

Therapeutic Guidelines

• Australian Therapeutic Guidelines
• Patient Information Handouts

UpToDate

• Patient Information Leaflets
• Medicine, Disease & Condition Information
• US Based Resource

Mobile Apps

Access Medicine

• Evidence-based information
• Condition summaries
• Diagnostic tools

BMJ Best Practice

• Concise condition monographs
• Diagnosis and treatment information
• Procedural videos/tutorials

HealthDirect App

• Health Direct Website
• Health and Wellbeing Apps

Micromedex Drug Interactions

• US medicines information
• Drug – Drug Interactions
• Drug – Food/Pregnancy/Lab

Micromedex Drug Reference

• US medicines information
• Comprehensive monographs
• Adverse effects / interactions

Micromedex IV Compatibility

• US medicines information
• IV compatibility information
• Solutions / Y Site / Admix

MIMS

• Australian medicines information
• Pill ID Tool
• Drug interactions / Patient handouts

Therapeutic Guidelines

• Assessment/management guidelines
• Australian standard dosing information
• Poisons and toxicology information

UpToDate

• Medicines Information by Lexicomp
• Drug/food Interactions
• Drug preparation and dosing advice

Recommended Websites

• Guidelines and Policies
• Clinical Networks
• Colleges and Education