Gynae-Oncology Service Referrals

Gynae-Oncology Service Referrals - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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General Information for GP's & Specialists: Referring your patient



This clinic operates on a Tuesday morning.

All referrals will be triaged by a consultant who is able to discuss the referral with you. The nurse coordinator is available to assist with coordination of services for the patient.

Referral Requirements


All patients must be referred to an individual clinician in the service or the head of the service if you are unsure of the appropriate doctor and your patient will be placed with the correct consultant.

Completed signed referral form
Operation notes (if applicable)
Current diagnostic scans and reports
Letter outlining any multidisciplinary meeting
Results of all relevant investigations
Patient record number from referring hospital

Send referral and any results or reports by:

• fax to (03) 9656 3743, or

• mail, well in advance, to ensure a timely arrival to:

Patient Registration
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Locked Bag 1, A’ Beckett Street, Victoria 8006

The urgency and clinic allocation are determined by referral content. Many clinics have all referrals read by Medical Consultants and / or Clinical Nurse Coordinator. If you are concerned with the appointment time allocated to your patient, please phone the New Patient Registration Clerk 9656 1335 or page the Nurse Coordinator on 9656 1111 pager 7047.


Gynae-Oncology Service Consultants

Chair of Gynaecology Service


Associate Professor Kailash Narayan

Surgical Oncologist
Associate Professor David Allen
Associate Professor Thomas Jobling
Associate Professor Michael Quinn

Medical Oncologist
Dr Linda Mileshkin

Radiation Oncologist
Associate Professor Kailash Narayan
Dr David Bernshaw
Dr Pearly Khaw
Dr Bronwyn King

Nurse Coordinator
Taryn Robinson


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Immediate - Contact your nearest Emergency centre or the health service your patient is attending and have them page the Gynaecology Registrar.
Urgent - All new patients are to be seen within 10 days of referral.
  • All patients to be considered for trial therapies to be seen within 10 days of referral.
  • All patients referred for definitive therapy (chemotherapy, surgery or Radiation Therapy to be seen within 10 days of referral. Appointments may be required for a complex multi-disciplinary review ie - more than one practitioner type.
  • All patients with active bleeding, pain, renal obstruction, to be seen as arranged directly by unit staff together with referrer.

The Peter Mac Gynaecological Oncology Service offers patients diagnosed with any form of gynaecological cancer the skills of a multidisciplinary clinic. Those patients who are undiagnosed or have positive pap smears should be referred to one of the tertiary institutions, for investigation.

Peter Mac offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary diagnostic and cancer management as well as follow-up treatment for women with all types and stages of gynaecologic cancer. Treatment may employ single or combined modalities, including surgery, radiation therapy (including Brachytherapy), chemo-radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy.

Our state-of-the-art radiotherapy, includes:
1. Conformal three-dimensional radiotherapy intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
2. MRI-ultrasound aided Brachytherapy with three-dimensional dosimetry.
3. Patients requiring radiation therapy can be seen at the East Melbourne or Moorabbin service.

Referrals


The majority of patients are referred from health services with Specialist Gynaecology Oncology units.

Patients with established malignancy may also be referred by Family Medical Practitioners, General Gynaecologists, Medical Oncologists, Palliative Care specialists, and other medical practitioners. Phone the service clinicians who are available to discuss your patient's case and advise you of the most appropriate actions and pathway for your patient.

Urgency


  • All patients with active bleeding, pain, renal obstruction, or oncological emergencies to be seen as arranged directly by unit staff together with referrer.
  • All patients referred for definitive therapy (chemotherapy, surgery or radiation therapy to be seen within 10 days of referral.
  • All patients to be considered for trial therapies to be seen within 10 days of referral.

Appointments may be required for a complex multi-disciplinary review i.e. more than one practitioner type. Commonly this is with both radiology oncology and medical oncology. Patients should be advised that the appointment in this case can take a half day.

Please contact the Peter Mac switchboard on 9656 1111 and ask for the Gynaecological Consultant, Fellow, the Gynaecological registrar or the Nurse Coordinator to be paged.

Urgent cases must be discussed with Registrar or the Nurse Coordinator by calling 9656 1111 and having them paged on 7047.

These are general oncologic emergencies and may be handled by any consultant as available:
  • Superior vena cava obstruction
  • Stridor
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Impending pathological fracture
  • Suspected Acute Leukaemia
  • Active bleeding
  • Hypercalcaemia >2.8mmol/L
  • White cell count > 50 x 10^9/L
  • Any respiratory, vascular, renal or neurological
  • Compromise

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