Australia has a thriving Psycho-Oncology research and clinical community. In this article, the Australian health system in which Psycho-Oncology is embedded is described. Clinical Psycho-Oncology services are outlined, in terms of their composition, processes and reach. The development of the internationally ground-breaking Australian Psychosocial guidelines for the care of adults with cancer is described. Two large Psycho-Oncology organisations which are strongly linked to mainstream Oncology organisations are discussed: the Australian Psycho-Oncology Society (OzPos, a primarily clinician-led and focused organisation) and the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG, a national cancer clinical trial group). OzPos is a special interest group within the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, while PoCoG is one of 14 cancer clinical trial groups funded by the national government. It is these strong connections with major multidisciplinary cancer organisations, and a culture of collaboration and co-operation, that have made Psycho-Oncology grow and thrive in Australia. Examples of large collaborative programs of Psycho-Oncology research are provided, as well as the mechanisms used to achieve these outcomes.

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澳大利亚心理肿瘤学：描述性综述。

澳大利亚拥有蓬勃发展的心理肿瘤学研究和临床社区。在本文中，描述了嵌入了心理肿瘤学的澳大利亚卫生系统。概述了临床心理肿瘤学服务的组成，过程和覆盖范围。描述了国际上具有突破性的澳大利亚成年人心理健康护理指南。讨论了两个与主流肿瘤学组织紧密联系的大型心理肿瘤学组织：澳大利亚心理肿瘤学协会（OzPos，主要由临床医生领导和重点关注的组织）和心理肿瘤学合作研究小组（PoCoG，国家/地区）癌症临床试验组）。OzPos是澳大利亚临床肿瘤学会的一个特殊兴趣小组，PoCoG是由国家政府资助的14个癌症临床试验组之一。正是这些与主要的多学科癌症组织的紧密联系以及协作与合作的文化，使得心理肿瘤学在澳大利亚得以发展壮大。提供了大型肿瘤心理研究合作计划的示例，以及用于实现这些结果的机制。