Palliative Care
How we can help you
Palliative care can improve symptoms and help you and your family to achieve the best possible quality of life throughout your illness. Help is available to anyone with any life-limiting illness, not only cancer.We can help you to navigate through our complex care system, ensuring you have the key information you need. We will talk with you about your feelings, values and wishes for your care.
Our aim is to improve your quality of life while you face problems associated with your life-limiting illness. We aim to prevent and relieve your suffering by carefully treating your pain and other problems, be it physical, psychosocial and spiritual.
Palliative care is not just about caring for patients who are dying. The majority of our work is dedicated to improving the control of your symptoms, particularly if you have advanced disease, including advanced cancers. We can also help to make cancer treatment more tolerable.
If your family members are finding illness difficult to cope with, our team is available to help at any stage of your illness.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm
After hours
call switchboard 9382 2222
How to find us
Level 2, Nelune Comprehsive Cancer Centre at the Bright Building Corner of High and Avoca Streets Prince of Wales Hospital, (building 3 on our campus map)
Outpatient clinics are run Tuesday-Thursday by appointment and located in the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre within the Bright Alliance Building (Building 3 on our campus map)
We are on the corner of High Street and Avoca Street in Randwick. The main public entrance is on Avoca Street. You may also enter the Cancer Centre from level 2 of the High St entrance to Prince of Wales Hospital.
Information about how to get to our Randwick campus
Your care team consists of specialists, registrars, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dieticians, psychologists and volunteers provide assessment, advice, support and care planning in partnership with your treating specialists, general practitioners, even at home. The Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The Prince of Wales Hospital and St Vincent’s have partnered to deliver a comprehensive and coordinated palliative care service across the Randwick district.
Staff Specialists:
- Dr Helen Herz
- Dr Meg Sands
The Palliative Care service includes medical and nursing specialists who see patients on the Randwick Hospitals Campus including Prince of Wales Hospital, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, The Royal Hospital for Women, and Sydney Children’s Hospital, as well as in the home, who are referred. There is also a Nurse Practitioner who sees patients in residential aged care facilities.
Quality of life can be impacted by many different causes, including symptoms of pain, nausea, breathlessness and others. The impact of treatment can also lead to uncertainty and concern about the future. Many people living with advanced illnesses can benefit from palliative care. There is published evidence that seeing the palliative care team can even help patients with cancer to live longer and better.
If you live in the South East Sydney region and have a life-limiting illness such as cancer, emphysema, heart or kidney failure you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter together with all relevant test results.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will send you a confirmation appointment letter, which will tell you where your appointment is located and what information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 9382 5111.
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card.
- Insurer details (eg workers compensation, public liability or third party).
- Your Private Health Fund Membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund.
- A list of your current medications.
- Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable.
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example, a book, music player with headphones, crosswords). There is also a television and magazines available in the waiting area.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit. You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.
At times our department participates in clinical research, and you may be asked if you would like to participate in a trial or study. You have a right to say no without there being any impact on your care.
Haematology Services
How we can help you
We diagnose and manage benign and malignant blood disorders including:
- Acute and chronic leukaemia
- Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
- Multiple myeloma, amyloidosis
- Myeloproliferative disorders such as polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Thalassemia, sickle cell diseases, and other haemoglobinopathies
- Venous thrombosis such as DVT, Pulmonary Emboli and other clots
- Bleeding disorders such as Haemophilia, von Willebrand’s disease, platelet disorders
- Haemochromatosis
- Anaemia, thrombocytopenia
- Bone marrow disorders.
Our services are for those staying in our hospital and those who are living in the community.
Inpatients
If you need to stay in hospital, we have a Haematology and Oncology ward located on Level 4 North of the Acute Services Building. Here we can administer chemotherapy and other treatments. Chemotherapy is one type of medicines that destroy cancer cells. We can also provide Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (transplant of your own stem cells).
Outpatients
If you are living in the community you can also come into an appointment at our Haematology Oncology Day Centre. This is located on Level 4 of the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre within the Bright Building. Senior nursing staff liaise with specialist doctors (Haematologists) to provide patients with day-only chemotherapy, iron infusions, patient education and apheresis (removal of parts of your blood).
The Centre also provides adult apheresis services to the Randwick Hospitals campus, and can collect and store Haemapoietic Stem Cells.
Our Cancer Outreach Team can provide cancer treatments and care in your home. NSW Health Pathology can also come to your home to take blood tests and venesections.
We run Clinical Trials of new treatments through our Haematology Clinical Trials Unit, Scientia Clinical Research and the University of New South Wales.
Head of Haematology Department
Dr Giselle Kidson-Gerber
Nurse Unit Manager of Haematology and Oncology Day Centre
Jed Young
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm.
How to find us
If you have an appointment booked with one of our Haematology doctors, please come to our Haematology Clinics, Level 2, Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
If you have a treatment booked in our Haematology Oncology Day Centre (HODC), Please come to Level 4, of the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
Our Haematology Oncology Ward is on Level 4 North, Acute Services Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, (Building 30 on our campus map)
Our specialist doctors
- Professor Mark Hertzberg, AM
- Dr Tim Brighton
- Dr Carol Cheung
- Dr Giselle Kidson-Gerber
- Dr Annmarie Bosco
- Dr Susan MacCallum
- Dr Shiv Agrawal
- Professor Robert Lindeman
We may suggest seeing a particular doctor who is a specialist in the area you need care.
Our specialist doctors also have a close association with the University of New South Wales. They participate in clinical trials, research, medical education and training of junior doctors.
Our specialised nurses
Clinical Nurse Consultant Haematology: Rachelle Frith
Clinical Nurse Consultant Blood and Haemoglobinopathies: Leanne Crnek
Clinical Nurse Educator: Sophie Owen
Clinics are held at the Nelune Haematology and Cancer Centre at the Bright Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, corner Avoca and High Sts, Randwick.
Each specialist has their own clinic and may be accompanied by our Advanced Trainees in Haematology.
If you live in the South East Sydney region and have a suspected or confirmed cancer you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter together with all relevant test results.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will send you a confirmation appointment letter, which will tell you where your appointment is located and what information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 02 9382 5111 or email: seslhd-pow-ncccadmin@health.nsw.gov.au.
- Blood test results, Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
- Insurer details (workers compensation, public liability or third party)
- Your private health fund membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example, a book, music player with headphones, crosswords). There is also a television and magazines available in the waiting area
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit. You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Haematology Services
How we can help you
We diagnose and manage benign and malignant blood disorders including:
- Acute and chronic leukaemia
- Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
- Multiple myeloma, amyloidosis
- Myeloproliferative disorders such as polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Thalassemia, sickle cell diseases, and other haemoglobinopathies
- Venous thrombosis such as DVT, Pulmonary Emboli and other clots
- Bleeding disorders such as Haemophilia, von Willebrand’s disease, platelet disorders
- Haemochromatosis
- Anaemia, thrombocytopenia
- Bone marrow disorders.
Our services are for those staying in our hospital and those who are living in the community.
Inpatients
If you need to stay in hospital, we have a Haematology and Oncology ward located on Level 4 North of the Acute Services Building. Here we can administer chemotherapy and other treatments. Chemotherapy is one type of medicines that destroy cancer cells. We can also provide Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (transplant of your own stem cells).
Outpatients
If you are living in the community you can also come into an appointment at our Haematology Oncology Day Centre. This is located on Level 4 of the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre within the Bright Building. Senior nursing staff liaise with specialist doctors (Haematologists) to provide patients with day-only chemotherapy, iron infusions, patient education and apheresis (removal of parts of your blood).
The Centre also provides adult apheresis services to the Randwick Hospitals campus, and can collect and store Haemapoietic Stem Cells.
Our Cancer Outreach Team can provide cancer treatments and care in your home. NSW Health Pathology can also come to your home to take blood tests and venesections.
We run Clinical Trials of new treatments through our Haematology Clinical Trials Unit, Scientia Clinical Research and the University of New South Wales.
Head of Haematology Department
Dr Giselle Kidson-Gerber
Nurse Unit Manager of Haematology and Oncology Day Centre
Jed Young
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm.
How to find us
If you have an appointment booked with one of our Haematology doctors, please come to our Haematology Clinics, Level 2, Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
If you have a treatment booked in our Haematology Oncology Day Centre (HODC), Please come to Level 4, of the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
Our Haematology Oncology Ward is on Level 4 North, Acute Services Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, (Building 30 on our campus map)
Our specialist doctors
- Professor Mark Hertzberg, AM
- Dr Tim Brighton
- Dr Carol Cheung
- Dr Giselle Kidson-Gerber
- Dr Annmarie Bosco
- Dr Susan MacCallum
- Dr Shiv Agrawal
- Professor Robert Lindeman
We may suggest seeing a particular doctor who is a specialist in the area you need care.
Our specialist doctors also have a close association with the University of New South Wales. They participate in clinical trials, research, medical education and training of junior doctors.
Our specialised nurses
Clinical Nurse Consultant Haematology: Rachelle Frith
Clinical Nurse Consultant Blood and Haemoglobinopathies: Leanne Crnek
Clinical Nurse Educator: Sophie Owen
Clinics are held at the Nelune Haematology and Cancer Centre at the Bright Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, corner Avoca and High Sts, Randwick.
Each specialist has their own clinic and may be accompanied by our Advanced Trainees in Haematology.
If you live in the South East Sydney region and have a suspected or confirmed cancer you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter together with all relevant test results.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will send you a confirmation appointment letter, which will tell you where your appointment is located and what information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 02 9382 5111 or email: seslhd-pow-ncccadmin@health.nsw.gov.au.
- Blood test results, Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
- Insurer details (workers compensation, public liability or third party)
- Your private health fund membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example, a book, music player with headphones, crosswords). There is also a television and magazines available in the waiting area
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit. You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Radiation Oncology
How we can help you
Radiation therapy involves the use of high-energy radiation therapy to control or kill tumour cells. It may be used to cure disease, reduce symptoms such as pain, and/or to prevent disease recurrence. Radiation therapy is an effective and important part of the management of a range of cancers, it can also be used for non-cancerous diseases. It may be given on its own or with other forms of treatment such as chemotherapy or surgery.
Most modern radiation therapy techniques focus on accurately targeting cancer cells. Which means they only affect the part of your body that requires treatment while sparing the normal cells. Like having a routine X-ray, radiation therapy is painless.
Types of radiation therapy treatments include;
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for malignant and non-malignant diseases
- Total Body Irradiation (TBI) for bone marrow transplants
- Total Skin Electron Therapy (TSET) for the treatment of cutaneous lymphomas
- Volumetric Modulated Radiation Therapy (VMAT)
- Brachytherapy service includes treatment of gynaecological disease
- Interstitial sites and choroidal melanoma using eye plaques
Your assessment, treatment planning and care are delivered at our clinics and specialist radiation therapy facilities in our NCCC Radiation Oncology Department.
Head of Department
Associate Professor Michael Jackson
Nurse Unit Manager
Sara Shaw
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5.00pm
How to find us
We are located in the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre within the Bright Building (Building 3 on our campus map)
We are on the corner of High Street and Avoca Street in Randwick. The main public entrance is on Avoca Street. You may also enter the Cancer Centre from level 2 of the High St entrance to Prince of Wales Hospital.
If you have a suspected or confirmed cancer you may be referred by your medical specialist or your local family doctor to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter and all relevant test results. Once we have received a completed referral, we will send you a confirmation appointment letter, which will tell you where your appointment is located and what information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 9382 5111.
- Medical referral if you have it, relevant pathology results
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card.
- Insurer details (for example: workers compensation, public liability or third party).
- Your Private Health Fund Membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund.
- Recent x-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable.
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example: a book, music player with headphones, crosswords). A television and magazines are available in the waiting area.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450.
Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the Interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an Interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
Radiation Oncology
How we can help you
Radiation therapy involves the use of high-energy radiation therapy to control or kill tumour cells. It may be used to cure disease, reduce symptoms such as pain, and/or to prevent disease recurrence. Radiation therapy is an effective and important part of the management of a range of cancers, it can also be used for non-cancerous diseases. It may be given on its own or with other forms of treatment such as chemotherapy or surgery.
Most modern radiation therapy techniques focus on accurately targeting cancer cells. Which means they only affect the part of your body that requires treatment while sparing the normal cells. Like having a routine X-ray, radiation therapy is painless.
Types of radiation therapy treatments include;
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for malignant and non-malignant diseases
- Total Body Irradiation (TBI) for bone marrow transplants
- Total Skin Electron Therapy (TSET) for the treatment of cutaneous lymphomas
- Volumetric Modulated Radiation Therapy (VMAT)
- Brachytherapy service includes treatment of gynaecological disease
- Interstitial sites and choroidal melanoma using eye plaques
Your assessment, treatment planning and care are delivered at our clinics and specialist radiation therapy facilities in our NCCC Radiation Oncology Department.
Head of Department
Associate Professor Michael Jackson
Nurse Unit Manager
Sara Shaw
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5.00pm
How to find us
We are located in the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre within the Bright Building (Building 3 on our campus map)
We are on the corner of High Street and Avoca Street in Randwick. The main public entrance is on Avoca Street. You may also enter the Cancer Centre from level 2 of the High St entrance to Prince of Wales Hospital.
If you have a suspected or confirmed cancer you may be referred by your medical specialist or your local family doctor to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter and all relevant test results. Once we have received a completed referral, we will send you a confirmation appointment letter, which will tell you where your appointment is located and what information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 9382 5111.
- Medical referral if you have it, relevant pathology results
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card.
- Insurer details (for example: workers compensation, public liability or third party).
- Your Private Health Fund Membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund.
- Recent x-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable.
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example: a book, music player with headphones, crosswords). A television and magazines are available in the waiting area.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450.
Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the Interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an Interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
Medical Oncology
How we can help you
- Chemotherapy - medicines that destroy cancer cells.
- Immunotherapy - a treatment that helps your bodies immune system fight cancer.
- Hormonal therapy for cancers that grow in response to your bodies hormones. This treatment uses synthetic hormones to block your bodies natural hormones. This helps to reduce the size and slow down the spread of the cancer.
- Targeted therapy - medicines that work on specific features of cancer cells to stop it growing and spreading.
Head of Department
Professor Morteza Aghmesheh
Nurse Unit Manager
Jed Young
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm.
How to find us
The Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre is located in the Bright Alliance Building, corner of High and Avoca Street Randwick.
Our main public entrance is on Avoca Street. You may also enter the Cancer Centre from the Prince of Wales Hospital main entrance, level 2 High Street Randwick.
If you have an appointment booked with one of our doctors, please come to our Medical Oncology Clinics for outpatients, Level 2, Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
If you have a treatment booked in our Haematology Oncology Day Centre (HODC), Please come to Level 4, of the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
Our Haematology Oncology Ward is on Level 4 North, Acute Services Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, (Building 30 on our campus map)
Our Doctors:
| Doctor's name | Position | Sub-Specialty | Clinic Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Morteza Aghmesheh | Head of Department. Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast, Gastrointestinal cancer | Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday |
| Prof David Goldstein | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gastrointestinal Cancer | Monday & Wednesday |
| Prof Michael Friedlander | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gynaecological Cancer | Monday |
| A/Prof Elizabeth Hovey | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Genitourinary, Central Nervous System Cancer | Monday (fortnightly), Tuesday & Friday |
| Dr Melvin Chin | Clinical Academic - Medical Oncology | Lung, Skin Cancer | Friday |
| A/Prof Yeh Chen Lee | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gynaecological, Sarcoma, Skin Cancer | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Dr Ben Kong | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Lung, Head and Neck Cancer | Tuesday & Friday |
| Dr Monica Tang | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast Cancer | Monday & Tuesday |
| Dr Amanda Goldrick | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast, Central Nervous System Cancer | Monday |
If you live in the South East Sydney region and have a suspected or confirmed cancer you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter together with all relevant test results.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will call you to make a time for your appointment and let you know any information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 9382 5111.
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
- Insurer details (eg workers compensation, public liability or third party)
- Your private health fund membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund
- Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example, a book, music player with headphones, crosswords).
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit. You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide. We will discuss with you any research projects that are relevant to your condition and whether you would like to participate.
Medical Oncology
How we can help you
- Chemotherapy - medicines that destroy cancer cells.
- Immunotherapy - a treatment that helps your bodies immune system fight cancer.
- Hormonal therapy for cancers that grow in response to your bodies hormones. This treatment uses synthetic hormones to block your bodies natural hormones. This helps to reduce the size and slow down the spread of the cancer.
- Targeted therapy - medicines that work on specific features of cancer cells to stop it growing and spreading.
Head of Department
Professor Morteza Aghmesheh
Nurse Unit Manager
Jed Young
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm.
How to find us
The Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre is located in the Bright Alliance Building, corner of High and Avoca Street Randwick.
Our main public entrance is on Avoca Street. You may also enter the Cancer Centre from the Prince of Wales Hospital main entrance, level 2 High Street Randwick.
If you have an appointment booked with one of our doctors, please come to our Medical Oncology Clinics for outpatients, Level 2, Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
If you have a treatment booked in our Haematology Oncology Day Centre (HODC), Please come to Level 4, of the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Building 3 on our campus map)
Our Haematology Oncology Ward is on Level 4 North, Acute Services Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, (Building 30 on our campus map)
Our Doctors:
| Doctor's name | Position | Sub-Specialty | Clinic Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Morteza Aghmesheh | Head of Department. Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast, Gastrointestinal cancer | Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday |
| Prof David Goldstein | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gastrointestinal Cancer | Monday & Wednesday |
| Prof Michael Friedlander | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gynaecological Cancer | Monday |
| A/Prof Elizabeth Hovey | Senior Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Genitourinary, Central Nervous System Cancer | Monday (fortnightly), Tuesday & Friday |
| Dr Melvin Chin | Clinical Academic - Medical Oncology | Lung, Skin Cancer | Friday |
| A/Prof Yeh Chen Lee | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Gynaecological, Sarcoma, Skin Cancer | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday |
| Dr Ben Kong | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Lung, Head and Neck Cancer | Tuesday & Friday |
| Dr Monica Tang | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast Cancer | Monday & Tuesday |
| Dr Amanda Goldrick | Staff Specialist - Medical Oncology | Breast, Central Nervous System Cancer | Monday |
If you live in the South East Sydney region and have a suspected or confirmed cancer you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please request your doctor to send us your referral letter together with all relevant test results.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will call you to make a time for your appointment and let you know any information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please call us on 9382 5111.
- Current Medicare card or Veteran Affairs card
- Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
- Insurer details (eg workers compensation, public liability or third party)
- Your private health fund membership card if you are currently insured with a private health fund
- Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports, if applicable
- Activities to keep you entertained while waiting (for example, a book, music player with headphones, crosswords).
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit. You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide. We will discuss with you any research projects that are relevant to your condition and whether you would like to participate.