Tumour stream lead
Dr Anne Howard | Time of Clinic
Friday afternoon | Location of Clinic
Footscray Hospital |
The Western Health Dermatology team have a weekly skin cancer clinic at 1.30pm on Friday afternoons in outpatients at Footscray hospital. This clinic sees approximately 20 patients and does minor procedures and biopsies on the day.
Most skin cancers (Melanomas, Squamous cell carcinomas, Basal cell carcinomas) are treated surgically, and either done by our registrar in the Day Procedure clinic at Footscray Hospital on Friday mornings, or referred to the Western Health plastic surgery unit.
Precancerous lesions or early thin basal cell carcinomas can be treated by cryotherapy, topical chemotherapy or photodynamic treatment in our clinic.
We have close liaison also with the team who do superficial radiotherapy at Sunshine hospital; another possible treatment regime.
Referrers
Patients will need a referral from their GP or medical practitioner.
Referrers are requested to fax a referral. The clinic is an MBS clinic. More information about how to refer to Western Health is available here.
Resources
The Cancer Council Victoria has produced “What to Expect Guides” which describe the optimal care that should be provided at each step of the cancer pathway. Click below to view these guides for different cancer types:
Further information about skin cancer is available at Cancer Council Australia.
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