Cancer Screening Resources
Here you’ll find helpful resources related to screening, including referral forms, Screening Activity Report Information, presentations and more.
Screening Guidelines:
Requisitions/Referrals:
- OBSP Requisition for High-Risk Screening
- CIBC Breast Assessment Centre Referral (Juravinski Cancer Centre)
Provider Tools:
Screening Guidelines:
Requisitions/Referrals:
Provider Tools:
- MainPro Audit-Cervical (DOCX)
- Ontario Cervical Guidelines Video
- “Easy to Spot” Early Detection Video from Cancer Care Ontario (MP4) – click to view or right-mouse-click to download
- “See What You Can’t” Early Detection Video from Cancer Care Ontario (MP4) – click to view or right-mouse-click to download
“It’s Easy to Miss” Early Detection Video from Cancer Care Ontario (MP4) – click to view or right-mouse-click to download
Health Promotion Resources:
Screening Guidelines:
Requisitions/Referrals
Uploading instructions:
- OSCAR Uploading eform instructions
- How to Install Custom Forms in PSS
- Accuro Custom Form Import Instructions
In-Common Laboratories Requisition:
HNHB FIT+ colonoscopy/family history referral form:
Hamilton:
Niagara Health System:
- Niagara Health Colonoscopy Referral Form
- Niagara Health Colonoscopy Accuro Custom Form (XML File, right-click and select “Save as” to download)
- Niagara Health Colonoscopy referral eform OSCAR (Zipped file, click to download)
- Niagara Health Colonoscopy referral (custom form Telus PF) (Zipper file, click to download)instructions
See Requisitions/Referrals (above) for uploading instructions
Brant Community Healthcare System:
- BCHS Endoscopy referral form (PDF)
- OSCAR BCHS Endoscopy eform (ZIP)
- Telus PS BCHS Endoscopy Custom form (CFM in ZIP)
- BCHS Endoscopy – Centralized Booking Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
See Requisitions/Referrals (above) for uploading instructions
Provider Tools:
- CCC Resource Hub
- MainPro Audit-Colorectal (DOCX)
FIT pathway: Asynchronous and Digital (including Ocean eForm)
Postcard Series – Male Screening (PDF):
version 1, version 2, version 3
Requisitions/Referrals
HNHB FIT+ colonoscopy/family history referral form:
Nursing Resources
Endoscopy Nursing Education Day videos:
- Airway Management – Karen James
- Conscious Sedation – Cindy Leite
- Criteria for Discharge – Jelena Lukic and Christine Mastroianni
- Electrosurgery & APC – Colorectal Screening Colin DeSouza
- Endoscopy Nurses Education Day – Dr Barry Lumb
- FIT Focused Colonoscopies – Marie Christine Walker
- From Leroy to the LAB – Melanie McComb
- Polyp Removal and Emergencies – Dr Neel Malhotra
For Endoscopy
- Poster – Polyp Classification Tool (PDF)
To order your copies, please email Lise Diebel at diebel@hhsc.ca - CCO Resource Hub for Endoscopy
- 2019 Presentation – Update on Colorectal Polyp Reporting (PDF)
By Dr. David Driman, MBChB FRCPC
Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre
FIT Health Promotion Resources:
- FIT — The Basics
- FIT Postcard for Primary Care Providers (PDF)
- CCO Resource Hub for Primary Care Providers
- Posters featuring plumbers as FIT screening champions:
- FIT electronic posters for your TV screens:
General Health Promotion Resources:
- My Cancer Screening Action Plan (PDF) – Cancer Screening Workshop, October 12th, 2016
- Cancer Screening Workshop Presentation (PDF) – October, 2016
- Cancer Screening Presentation at the Academy of Medicine Day Hamilton January 2016
- Cancer Screening Presentation at the Academy of Medicine Day Hamilton January 2015
- Presentation to Hamilton Public Health, September 2016
- Presentation to Medical Students, October 2016
- Day in Oncology, October 2016, Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Brantford Medical Talk, April 2016
- COVID-19 Pandemic Screening Resumption Resources
- Feb 5 – COVID-19 Tip Sheet – Guidance for Primary Care Providers Resuming Cancer Screening
- Aug 25 – COVID-19 Tip Sheet – Guidance for Primary Care Providers Resuming Cancer Screening
- Jun 30 – COVID-19 Tip Sheet – Guidance for Primary Care Providers Resuming Cancer Screening
- COVID-19 Specific SAR Guide for Resuming Cancer Screening
- COVID-19 Cover Letter
- Primary Care Provider Resources:
- FIT Provider Resources
Find regional and provincial FIT resources and referral forms. - Screening Activity Report
Find current information on screening-related activity for your enrolled patients by accessing your Screening Activity Report (SAR). - Patient Invitations to Screen
Cancer Care Ontario sends personalized letters to invite eligible Ontarians to get screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. - Physician Linked Correspondence
Physicians play a crucial role in cancer screening and can greatly influence patients’ participation. - Primary Care Quality Improvement Tools
- Cancer Screening Office Workflow Checklist: For Facilitators (DOCX)
- Accuro Guide for Cancer Screening (PDF)
- P&P Guide for Cancer Screening (PDF)
- OSCAR Guide for cancer screening (PDF)
- Cancer Screening videos for office waiting rooms
- FIT Provider Resources
- Regional Community Locations for Cancer Screening:
- Mobile Cancer Screening Coach (Hamilton, Niagara, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation)
- Ontario Breast Screening Program locations
- Regional Hospitals/Centres for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment:
- Continuing Medical Education (CME):