Cancer Care Program - Staff and Physicians

Cancer Site Teams are multi-disciplinary teams of health professionals who focus on cancers in a particular anatomic site (e.g. breast, thoracic). Cancer Site Teams consist of health professionals from across the province who are clinical experts in that type of cancer. Any health professional in Nova Scotia who has an interest in a cancer site is welcome to join the appropriate Cancer Site Team.  

Cancer Site Teams provide advice on policies, guidelines and standards with respect to:

• Clinical service
• Education
• Research for cancer patients with specific types of tumours

Disease-specific Cancer Site Teams meet regularly (generally weekly) via Zoom:

• for case management conferences, and 
• to provide interdisciplinary clinical expertise on difficult cases.

To refer a case for discussion:

Health professionals may:

• refer cases to the appropriate Cancer Site Team for discussion, and
• participate in the discussion of their case.

To submit a case for discussion, complete the Cancer Site Team Consult Form.

If you have any questions about joining a Cancer Site Team or about submitting a case:

• Email: CSTReferrals@nshealth.ca 

This interdisciplinary provincial team works closely with all Cancer Site Teams and Senior Leadership of the Nova Scotia Cancer Care Program. They help to develop and facilitate implementation of a comprehensive psychosocial health care cancer program. The program:

• includes supportive care and psychosocial oncology
• encompasses relevant clinical, academic and community programs and services
• focuses on whole-person care across the lifespan

The Psychosocial Health Cancer Site Team does not hold case discussions.