Precision Care Clinic - improving personalised care for people with cancer
How we can help you
Our clinic helps people who have cancer. We provide additional expert advice on your cancer tests. Our cancer, genetics and pathology experts work with your cancer doctor to help find the best cancer care for you.
Our clinic can:
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Review your cancer test results with a team of cancer experts.
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Look for treatments that may work for your cancer. This might include new medicines or clinical trials.
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Arrange meetings with cancer and genetics specialists.
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Help you understand your test results and treatment options.
You can have an appointment by video, phone or in person.
Our clinic includes experts with these specialities:
- Medical oncologists (cancer doctors)
- Cancer genetic specialists (doctor who specialises in cancer passed down from family in your genes)
- Genetic counsellors (health professional who provides counselling on the results of genetic testing)
- Pathologist (doctor who specialises in diagnosing diseases by looking at body tissues, cells, and fluids)
- Bioinformatics experts and scientists (translate your test results into meaningful information using computers).
Our team are:
| Name | Position and speciality |
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| Prof. David Goldstein | Medical Oncologist, Senior Staff Specialist |
| Prof. Kathy Tucker | Cancer Geneticist, Senior Staff Specialist |
| Dr. Milita Zaheed | Genetic Oncologist, Staff Specialist |
| Dr. Frank Lin | Medical Oncologist |
| Dr. Helen Ke | Medical Oncologist (Fellow) |
| Ms. Bridget Douglas | Genetic Counsellor |
Our team will work with your cancer doctor to provide them additional expert advice on your cancer care.
First discuss our clinic with your cancer doctor to see if it suits your needs.
If you decide to use our service, your doctor will need to fill in this referral form.
Our team of experts will then review your information. They may have a meeting with your doctor or they may want you to meet you via telephone, videoconference or face to face.
Our team will then send a report to your cancer doctor with our recommendations for your care and your doctor will discuss these with you.
We might ask you if you would like to be involved in research. Your doctor will also talk with you about this at referral.
We will contact you if you need an appointment. We hold appointments fortnightly on Wednesdays between 12 noon - 4.00 pm. You can attend via videoconference, telephone or face to face. We are located in the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick.
If we need to meet separately with your cancer doctor, we hold these expert team meetings fortnightly on Tuesdays from 2.00 - 3.00 pm.
To change or cancel an appointment please call (02) 9382 5111.
The service is funded by Medicare and the Medical Research Future Fund so there is currently no cost to patients.
Participation in our research is optional and helps advance precision oncology in Australia. You can find out more about the Precision Care Clinic and Initiative on our website.
Let us know if you need an interpreter and we can arrange one. You can also contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service National on 131 450. Tell the operator your language and ask them to call us.