The division of Gynaecologic Oncology provides a one-stop, comprehensive, state-of-the-art care for women with gynaecological/pelvic cancers and gynaecologic pre-malignancies. The gynaecological cancer service is complemented by a holistic multidisciplinary team care service available at NUHS and NCIS for women of all age groups.
Key Services include:
Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Health Education
- Women's Wellness Screening Packages
- HPV Vaccination
- Pap smears - Liquid based cytology
- Transabdominal and Transvaginal Doppler Ultrasound
- Mammography
- Cancer Genetics and Familial Risk Assessment Clinic
Preinvasive Disease
- Evaluation of abnormal smears
- Evaluation of abnormal symptomatology
- Digital colposcopy
- HPV testing
- HPV specific genotyping
- Treatment of genital warts
- Vulva Disease management
- Dysplasias
- Dystrophies
- Dermatoses
- Vaginal dysplasias
Ambulatory treatment:
- CO2 Laser excision and conisation
- CO2 Laser vaporisation
- LLETZ / LEEP
- Colorado needle
- Cold coagulation
- Cold knife conisation
Gynaecologic Cancer Services
- Cancer evaluation and staging
- Consultations and Histopathology Expert Review
- Radical and Ultra-radical cancer surgery
- Fertility-sparing surgery
- Exenterative procedures
- Endoscopic cancer surgery
- Gynaecologic Robot Assisted Cancer and Endoscopic Surgery (GRACES)
- Vaginal surgery
- Trophoblastic disease management
- Childhood and Adolescent gynaecologic malignancies
- Radiation Therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Reconstructive surgery
- Complex benign pelvic surgery
- Tumour Board
- Multidisciplinary Tumour Clinics
- Complex Wound and Stoma Clinic
- Lymphoedema Clinic
Types of Gynaecologic Cancer Surgery offered include (but are not limited to):
- Cervical Cancer Surgery
- Radical Hysterectomy
- Pelvic lymphadenectomy
- Radical trachelectomy
Ovarian Cancer Surgery
- Surgical staging
- Radical debulking operations
- Secondary Cytoreduction
Uterine Cancer Surgery
- Surgical staging
- Gynaecologic Robot Assisted Cancer and Endoscopic Surgery (GRACES)
- Conventional Laparoscopic hysterectomy
Vulva Cancer Surgery
- Vulvectomy & vulvovaginal Reconstruction
- Inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy
Care After Cancer Surgery and Treatment
- Surgical ICU
- Surgical High Dependency
- Acute Pain Service
- Gynaecological oncology nursing
- Physiotherapy
- Lymphoedema prevention and management
- Thromboprophylaxis
- Enteral and parenteral Nutrition
- Complex Wound care and Vac Dressing
- Emotional Care, Anxiety Evaluation and Psychological Support
- Feminine Care Clinic and Prevention of Vaginal Stenosis in Pelvic Radiation
After Care and Follow-up
- Post-treatment counselling
- Disease monitoring
- Health screening
- Dietary advice
- Rehabilitation
- Palliative care and Hospice Home Care
- Gynaecologic Cancer Support Group Activities (TEAL Ribbon Group) (TEAL = Totally Empowered Actively Living!)
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