Expert cancer care
Improving cancer care: Best practices from Allina Health Cancer Institute
At the Allina Health Cancer Institute, we are dedicated to providing patients and families with exceptional care and service, with access to the most advanced treatment and research options.
The Institute includes program committees designed to drive Allina Health's vision for best clinical practice and will guide clinical program development through system integration. The programs are in place to ensure patients receive consistently high quality care with an exceptional patient experience across Allina Health and the continuum of care.
Best practice consensus guidelines
Consensus guidelines are comprehensive in describing the rationale for these recommendations and references to support them. We believe we have been thorough in putting them together through the experts we have in our community of expert oncology physicians.
The following best practice consensus guidelines have been implemented by Allina Health's Oncology Clinical Service Line:
Breast cancer and ovarian cancer
Evaluation and management of breast lumpectomy and mastectomy specimens by surgeons and pathologists
Identification of breast cancer patients at risk for inherited cancer risks
Identification of patients or family members at high risk for inherited gynecologic cancers
Mammography screening for women at average risk for breast cancer
Oncotype DX assay testing for treatment of breast cancer
Post-mastectomy radiation for patients with 1-3 + lymph nodes
Whole breast hypofractionation
Colorectal cancer
Use of imaging in colon cancer
Sequence of colon cancer work up
Esophageal and gastric cancer
Sequence of esophageal and gastric cancer work up
Lung cancer
Establishing the diagnosis of lung cancer and adequate tissue samples
Imaging for central nervous system staging in non-small cell lung cancer
Treatment of stage 1 lung cancer
Post stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) follow-up
Hepato-biliary / pancreatic cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance
Hepatitis C screening guidelines
Guidelines are not meant to replace clinical judgment or professional standards of care. Clinical judgment must take into consideration all the facts in each individual and particular case, including individual patient circumstances and patient preferences. They serve to inform clinical judgment, not act as a substitute for it. These guidelines were developed by a Review Organization. These guidelines may be disclosed only for the purposes of the Review Organization according to Minn. Statutes §145.64 and are subject to the limitations described at Minn. Statutes §145.65.