Advancing quality in oesophago-gastric cancer care

The CEIH, in part­ner­ship with the South Aus­tralian Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Net­work (SAC­CaN), shared progress at the South Aus­tralian Upper GI Can­cer Inter­est Group bian­nu­al clin­i­cal research update meet­ing on 13 May 2026 at the Ade­laide Mar­riott Hotel.

The meet­ing brought togeth­er a diverse mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary audi­ence, includ­ing med­ical and radi­a­tion oncol­o­gists, Upper GI sur­geons, research fel­lows, junior trainees, nurse coor­di­na­tors, allied health pro­fes­sion­als and indus­try rep­re­sen­ta­tives. It pro­vid­ed an impor­tant forum for shar­ing emerg­ing research and strength­en­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion across the Upper GI can­cer community. 

The pre­sen­ta­tion focused on the work under­way to use can­cer data to help dri­ve improved out­comes and sup­port Opti­mal Care Path­ways (OCPs). A progress update was pro­vid­ed on the co‑development of clin­i­cal qual­i­ty indi­ca­tors for oesopha­go-gas­tric can­cer, a key step toward under­stand­ing how con­sis­tent­ly and equi­tably care is deliv­ered across South Australia. 

Atten­dees expressed a strong inter­est in estab­lish­ing a statewide, data‑enabled approach to mea­sur­ing, report­ing and analysing can­cer care qual­i­ty, and in how these insights could sup­port efforts to iden­ti­fy and address unwar­rant­ed vari­a­tion in practice. 

The engage­ment rein­forced the val­ue of clin­i­cian-led, sys­tem wide col­lab­o­ra­tion to improve can­cer out­comes for South Australians.