Surgical services

A wide range of surgical expertise is available in the Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre. Specialist surgery is carried out by the teams responsible for management of the following cancer types.

• Breast
• Gynaecological
  
• Upper gastrointestinal (including oesophagus and stomach)
  
• Hepatopancreatobiliary (including liver and pancreas)
  
• Lower gastrointestinal (including colon and rectum)
  
• Head and neck
  
• Thyroid and endocrine cancers
  
• Urological (including bladder and prostate)
  

For each cancer type, an experienced team of surgeons is available to provide first class treatment.

Plastic and reconstructive surgeons are key members of the Centre's surgical teams.

The multidisciplinary teams also include:

• specialist nurses
• pharmacists
• speech and language therapists
• dietitians
• occupational therapists
• physiotherapists.
  

New suite of operating theatres

Surgery is performed in ten state-of-the-art operating theatres.

Computerised Integrated Theatre

Fundraising efforts have ensured that the Centre includes computerised integrated theatres, technology which is important for some aspects of surgery and for the training of future surgeons.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

The Centre includes an eight bed Intensive Care Unit staffed by an expert team of intensive care specialists, who are available 24 hours a day to support patients in the post-operative period or with life-threatening conditions.

There is close contact between staff at the Churchill Hospital and the John Radcliffe Hospital ICUs.

Links

• The NHS website: information on cancer and useful links
• CancerHelp UK
• Maggie's CancerLinks