Medical Imaging Guidelines
These guidelines have been adapted from the UK Guidelines “Recommendations for Cross-Sectional Imaging in Cancer Management” endorsed by the Royal College of Radiologists (UK). The purpose of the guidelines is to:
- provide evidence based guidelines to guide practitioners on appropriate imaging modalities and techniques for cancer patients
- support standardised medical imaging and reporting practices at the time of diagnosis, staging and surveillance for cancer patients across the CCN region
- reduce the number of repeat or unnecessary medical imaging procedures.
CCN encourages all public and private diagnostic and treatment service providers to demonstrate an evidence based approach and an implementation plan is available to support the application of the guidelines.
While these guidelines have been developed for the CCN region it is recognised that they could provide the basis for a national guideline, although it is acknowledged a higher level of validation and consultation will be required than has currently been undertaken.
CCN wishes to acknowledge the time and commitment of the members of the Advisory Group in developing these guidelines and also those stakeholders who provided feedback on the draft document.
Hard copies of the guidelines are available. Please contact Stephanie Fletcher Stephanie.fletcher@midcentraldhb.govt.nz should you want a copy for your service or department.
