Cancer Care Services

Conditions

Paediatric services

Referrals for children and young people should follow the Children’s Health Queensland referral guidelines.

If any of the following are present or suspected, phone 000 to arrange immediate transfer to the emergency department or seek emergent medical advice if in a remote region.

• Symptoms of airway obstruction, SVC obstruction
• Severe gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
• Bowel obstruction
• Febrile neutropenia
• Symptomatic hypercalcaemia
• Other organ failure/dysfunction
• Uncontrolled and disabling pain
• Massive haemoptysis and/or stridor
• Neurological signs suggestive of brain metastases or cord compression
• Very high calcium (3.0mmol/L)
• Severe dysphagia with dehydration
• Biopsy proven small cell lung cancer
  • Patients with symptoms of shortness of breath, deteriorating organ function
• Metastatic germ cell tumour (GCT) confirmed (biopsy) or suspect (tumour markers)
• Patients with severe symptoms, organ failure or life threatening complications
• Highly aggressive lymphoma
  • Burkitt’s lymphoma
  • Lymphoblastic lymphoma
• Acute leukaemia

GP Oncology referral advice line

If phone advice is required, please make available a phone number that our medical staff can contact you on directly. Extremely urgent is considered to be advice required within one hour, urgent requests will be answered within 24-48 hours.

Contact numbers:

Medical Oncology: 36467983

Haematology/BMT: 36461340

Radiation Oncology: 36464089

Please view the emergency contact details for referring General Practitioners for further details regarding this service.

Services

Specialists list

Clinic details

Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH)

Level 7, Ned Hanlon Building, RBWH

The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH)

Specialist Clinics, Ground Floor, TPCH

Redcliffe Hospital

Level 1, Specialist Outpatient Department, Main Building, Redcliffe