SAGE Inventory of Cancer Guidelines and Standards

The SAGE Inventory of Cancer Guidelines is a searchable database of over 1100 English language cancer control guidelines and standards released since 2003. The cancer guidelines have been rated for reporting quality using the AGREE II, the current gold standard in guideline critical appraisal. The inventory was developed and is maintained by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer’s Capacity Enhancement Program.

The ICG can be used by many stakeholders:

• By the public, patients, clinicians, and policy makers who are interested in resources to help in their decision-making processes
• By guideline developers to reduce duplication, facilitate guideline adaptation, promote sharing or improve the quality of the guidelines they develop
• By researchers to identify potential gaps in the cancer control field
• By system leaders who are interested in using guidelines as part of an overall quality improvement mandate

Each entry in the ICG includes:

• Details about the guideline and the developer
• A short description of its contents
• AGREE II quality appraisal scores
• Links to the full text version of the guideline, the National Guideline Clearinghouse quality assessment and/or Medline abstract (if available)
• The current status of the guideline as reported by the guideline developer:
  • Guideline is in development
  • Guideline is current
  • Guideline is in need of an update
  • Guideline is being updated
  • Guideline has been updated
  • Guideline is withdrawn
  • Guideline status is unknown (if no information available)