Paediatric Service Treatments
Paediatric Service Treatments - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
| Association with Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre allows a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis, management and supportive care. |
| Specific disciplines included onsite are: • Radiation Oncology • Specialist oncology nursing • Social work • Pastoral Care • Palliative Care Different types of cancers treated by the Paediatric Oncology Service include: • Brain tumours • Bone and soft tissue sarcoma • Neuroblastoma • Leukaemia • Wilm’s tumour • Retinoblastoma Services provided included: • Consultation • Evaluation • Treatment and management of paediatric malignancies requiring radiation therapy in a radical, prophylactic or palliative setting. Other Features include: • Largest paediatric radiotherapy centre in Australia • Multidisciplinary consultation and management • Integrated patient care and clinical translational research programs in association with The Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre • Participation in National and International cooperative paediatric clinical trial groups allowing access to latest protocols and advances • Access to and experience with innovative and novel therapeutic options, such as 3D conformal radiation planning, intensity modulated radiation therapy and stereotactic radiation therapy • Access to specialised paediatric anaesthesia and sedation where required • Child-friendly zones in waiting, clinic and treatment areas • Latest, fully-optional Linear Accelerators (treatment machines • Newly developed communication system to reduce separation anxiety. |
| More information on children with cancer: |
| Royal Children's Hospital |
| Children with Cancer |