To see all protocols that comply with the WHO Essential Medicine List 

Patients and carers

Treatment protocol patient information

eviQ provides a corresponding patient information sheet for every cancer treatment protocol available on the website. These are generally given to you by your doctor, nurse or pharmacist to explain about your cancer treatment. If you know the name of your treatment you can find the patient information sheet by clicking on the links below.

Icon for chemotherapy Anticancer drug treatments >

Anticancer drugs are drugs used to treat cancer. They include chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and hormone therapy and may be used before or after surgery or radiotherapy.

Icon for radiation therapy Radiation therapy treatments >

Radiation therapy is the use of high energy x-rays to treat cancer and is sometimes called external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Radiation therapy can be used to treat primary or advanced cancer.


Other useful patient information

Icon for fact sheets Patient information sheets >

We have a number of patient information sheets about receiving cancer treatment and managing many common side effects of cancer treatment.

icon for videos Patient information videos >

We have a number of videos about receiving cancer treatment and managing many common side effects of cancer treatment.

Icon for translation Patient information in other languages >

Some of our written information has also been translated to help people who don’t speak English as their first language.


Other resources

Cancer Council

If you need to talk to someone, the Cancer Council has an information and Support line you can call:
13 11 20

Questions to ask your health professional

Question prompt lists for people with cancer developed by the Cancer Institute NSW. These are available in 20 different languages.

Canrefer

Find out about cancer services and specialists in your area.