Updated: 1 October 2007

Systemic Therapy Treatment Protocol Summaries

The staff of the BC Cancer Agency Systemic Therapy Program have placed summaries of specific treatment protocols on the website.

The protocol summaries are those in current use by the Systemic Therapy Program staff at all regional cancer centres. Both the format and content of the summaries will change as they are reviewed and revised on a periodic basis. The date of last revision will be visible at the end of the protocol summary.

Any physician using the protocol summaries to provide treatment for patients will be solely responsible for verifying the doses, providing the prescriptions and administering the medications described in the summaries according to acceptable standards of care. Use of this site and any information on it is at your own risk, and is subject to our Terms of Use. British Columbia health professionals can contact the BC Cancer Agency (Tel: 604 877-6098 local 2247) for additional information on treatment protocols on this website.

Mario de Lemos, PharmD, MSc (Oncol)
Protocols Coordinator
Provincial Drug Information Coordinator, Provincial Systemic Therapy Program

The BC Cancer Agency Compassionate Access Program (CAP) (previously known as the Undesignated Drug Request Process) is now a secure online web-based system (designed to replace the current paper-based system) through which physicians across the province can submit requests, check the status of their requests, and receive notification via email about the outcome.

Tumour Group designates, as well as the Program Designate, can enter their information online. Dispensing hospital pharmacies across the province will also be able to view all requests online.

This system is maintained and updated by the CAP Office who can be contacted at 604.877.6000 x 6277 or cap_bcca@bccancer.bc.ca.

CAP Guiding Principles

Jaya Venkatesh, MHA, CMA
Director, Business Strategy & Operations
Provincial Systemic Therapy Program