Health Services Guide 2019
LOCAL SPECIALISTS IN BREAST CANCER CARE
The team at St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital provides total service
The St Andrew’s breast cancer team (pictured from left): Dr Sharyn Donaldson, Diagnostic Breast Clinic Dr Peter Storey, Queensland X-Ray Dr Mark Wyche, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Dr Eric Donaldson, Breast Surgeon Dr Natacha Sorour, Toowoomba Oncology Dr Penny McKenzie, Radiation Oncology Clinics CN Mary Kelsey, Breast Care Nurse.
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Services: The St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital cancer team offers: ■ Diagnostic Breast Clinic ■ Pathology ■ Radiology ■ Surgical services, including plastic and reconstruction ■ Oncology treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation ■ Wellness and support programs
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rom diagnosis to wellness and every step in between, the St Andrew’s breast cancer care specialist team provides comprehensive breast cancer services to the Toowoomba and Darling Downs community. St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital has attracted a complete team of specialist cancer surgeons and physicians to the Garden City, enabling breast cancer patients to have all their treatment close to home, friends and family. There are now very few patients who will need to travel to Brisbane, with a raft of high–quality services available at the hospital. The purpose–built St Andrew’s Cancer Centre offers a full range of services all under one roof. These services include diagnostic breast services, delivered by an all-female breast physician and nursing team along with highly skilled breast, plastic and reconstructive surgeons performing surgery in the hospital’s state–of–the–art theatre complex. The treatment service is delivered via the onsite Oncology facility, with technology equal to any in the world and operated by highly qualified and experienced cancer specialists in the medical and radiation Oncology fields. The entire Cancer Care service is supported by the St Andrew’s Hospital breast care nurses who co–ordinate the patient’s care along with providing emotional
support, guidance and advice during this difficult time. By providing a consistent source of information and support, the breast care nurses help unscramble and make sense of the medical terminology, explain procedures in layman’s terms and detail what a diagnosis may mean for the patient now and in the future. At any point during the breast cancer diagnosis, surgery, treatment and recovery, patients have access to their breast care nurse. At the end of treatment, free wellness consultations for patients are available to provide follow–up support that may be required and access to services delivered by dieticians, physiotherapists, psychologists and exercise coaches. Regular medical meetings bring St Andrew’s local cancer specialists together from different medical and surgical disciplines, as they discuss individualised treatment plans for patients with cancer. These meetings are classed as best practice in the delivery of high-quality cancer management in Australia and internationally, and are held in the purpose–built multi–disciplinary conference facility at St Andrew’s Hospital. For further information regarding the breast cancer services offered at St Andrew’s Hospital, please call the breast care nurses on 4646 3107 or go to www.sath.org.au