The Pulmonary Malignancy Service cares for people with suspected or diagnosed lung and thoracic cancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[892,902,901,900,899,898,897,896,895,894,893,891,890,889,888,887,886,885,884,883,882],"class_list":["post-1356","services","type-services","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-central-lesions-or-nodes","tag-lung-cancer-mdt-directory","tag-argon-plasma-coagulation","tag-electromagnetic-navigation-bronchoscopy","tag-lung-point","tag-navigation-bronchoscopy","tag-diagnostic-and-therapeutic-thoracocentesis","tag-nodule-assessment","tag-fine-needle-aspiration-biopsies","tag-peripheral-lung-lesions","tag-trans-thoracic-needle-aspiration","tag-ebus-tbna","tag-ebus-guide-sheath-transbronchial-biopsies-for-peripheral-lesions","tag-bronchoscopy","tag-interventional-pulmonology","tag-rapid-assessment-clinic","tag-lung-lesion-diagnostic-nurse","tag-thoracic-cancer","tag-lung-cancer","tag-lung-cancer-services","tag-pulmonary-malignancy-service"],"acf":{"page_subtitle":"(lung cancer)","page_type":"structured","page_sections":["general_details","accessing_this_service","after_your_hospital_appointment","what_to_bring","healthcare_professionals"],"general_details":[{"what_we_do":"
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We provide comprehensive specialist lung cancer services including:<\/p>\n
To access this service, your GP or medical practitioner will need to send a referral letter to the hospital.\u00a0Referrals will be categorised in order of clinical need. Please see your GP if your condition changes or a more urgent referral is needed.<\/span><\/p>\n If there is a waiting list<\/a>, you will receive a confirmation letter and be advised on what to do next. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time for your appointment.\u00a0For new referrals, please bring as many past x-rays or CT scans of your lungs as possible, and any results available.<\/p>\n"}],"include_refer_a_patient_panel":true,"refer_a_patient_text":"Lung Cancer referral guideline","refer_a_patient_link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/specialist_service\/refer-your-patient\/respiratorythoracic-medicine\/lung-cancer","specialist_hotline":"1300 364 938. The Pulmonary Malignancy Service is a major tertiary referral centre in Queensland for patients with suspected or diagnosed cancers of the chest and lung.\u00a0We are proud to offer multidisciplinary diagnostic and staging evaluation as well as onward referrals to appropriate treating specialists.\u00a0Interventional pulmonology include:<\/p>\n To refer a patient to this service, view the Lung Cancer referral guideline<\/a>.<\/p>\n GP and Specialist Referral Hotline: For very urgent referrals, please contact the on-call respiratory registrar at the hospital.<\/p>\n","contact_us_outside_hours":[{"variation":"13 HEALTH","free_text":"","variable":""}],"related_services":[{"links":[{"link_type":"internal","page":{"ID":857,"post_author":"15","post_date":"2017-08-04 04:12:58","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-04 04:12:58","post_content":"","post_title":"Thoracic Medicine","post_excerpt":"Thoracic Medicine investigates and treats diseases of the lungs.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"thoracic-medicine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-11-19 08:49:33","post_modified_gmt":"2024-11-18 22:49:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/?post_type=services&p=857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"services","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"link_text":"","anchor":"","link":"","target":true},{"link_type":"internal","page":{"ID":1040,"post_author":"15","post_date":"2017-08-08 04:12:06","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-08 04:12:06","post_content":"","post_title":"Medical Imaging","post_excerpt":"Our Medical Imaging Department provides an essential clinical imaging service to hospital patients and the Metro North community, with subspecialty capabilities and expertise in cardiac and thoracic imaging and intervention. 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