Haematology Service Referrals

Haematology Service Referrals - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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



This clinic operates every Monday afternoon, Wednesday (ALL DAY), Friday morning and private practice every Tuesday afternoon.

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
Any hard copies of scans
Any bone marrow biopsy results
Any biopsies
SPECIFIC BLOODS
Lymphoma:
  • FBE, U&E, LDH, Electrophoresis, Calcium
Myeloma:
  • FBE, U&E, Calcium, ESR, Beta 2 microglobulin, Magnesium, Electrophoresis
Leukaemia:
  • FBE, U&E, LDH, Coagulation
Bleeding Disorders:
  • FBE, Coagulation

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 Nurse Coordinators. If you are concerned with the appointment time allocated to your patient, please phone the New Patient Registration Clerk 9656 1335 or the switchboard on 9656 1111 and have the Haematology Registrar paged.


Haematology Service Specialist Consultants



Haematology Service Chair:
Professor John Seymour
Haematologists:
Professor Miles Prince
Associate Professor David Ritchie
Dr Henry Januszewicz
Associate Professor Max Wolf
Dr Dennis Carney
Dr Simon Harrison
Dr David Westerman
Radiation Oncology:
Associate Professor Michael MacManus
Dr Gail Ryan
Associate Professor Andrew Wirth
Surgical Oncology:
Associate Professor Michael Henderson
Mr David Speakman
Nurse Coordinators:
Ms Odette Blewitt
Ms Sharna Debnam
Ms Catherine Grima
Ms Kristen Houdyak
Ms Trish Joyce
Allograft Nurse Practioner:
Yvonne Panek-Hudson

Haematology Service Referral Guidelines



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Immediate
- Phone Peter Mac Switchboard on 03 9656 1111 and ask to page the Haematology Registrar.
Urgent
- likely to receive an appointment within 2 days
Soon
- likely to receive an appointment within 7 days
Routine
- likely to receive an appointment within 14 days

Signs & symptoms of haematological malignancy include:

Symptoms
  • Marrow failure
- fatigue, etc due to anaemia
- easy bruising, epistaxis
- occasionally infection - unusual site, persistence marked systemic symptoms?
  • Metabolic problems
- weight loss, anorexia, thirst, night sweats
  • Bone pain/limb pain particularly in children
  • Left upper quadrant abdominal pain or lumps due to enlarged nodes. In lymphoma the classical presentation is with painless progressive lymphadenopathy occurring in the neck, axilla or inguinal region. The lymph nodes characteristically have a rubbery consistency.

Signs may include: pallor, purpura, petechial haemorrhage, occasionally lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and bone tenderness.

Any combination of these symptoms or signs should lead to an urgent pathology request, bearing clinical details, for a Full Blood Count.

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