Edinburgh Cancer Research

Clearer guidance issued on cancer care to help patients

Guidance and consent for treatment with Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) have been developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland with contributions from Edinburgh: October 2020

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Cancer patients in Scotland will benefit from new guidance from Healthcare Improvement Scotland that will help them better understand their treatment. Professor David Cameron from the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre is SACT Lead Clinician for the South East Scotland Cancer Network (SCAN), NHS Lothian and contributed to the development of the new guidance.

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