Acute oncology service
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- General Enquiries
- 020 3311 1234
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About
The acute oncology service provides an organisational framework for the management of both cancer and treatment-related emergencies. We facilitate the rapid specialist assessment and management of patients presenting with an acute cancer or treatment-related condition.
Conditions and treatments
We treat conditions including:
- infections during cancer treatment
- cancer compressing the spinal cord
- infections or blood clots in long lines
- diarrhoea caused by a cancer treatment
- uncontrolled nausea, vomiting or mouth soreness caused by a cancer treatment
- abnormal levels of salts in the blood
- excess fluid around the heart, lungs or abdomen requiring drainage
- symptoms from cancers in the brain
- low red blood cells or platelets requiring urgent transfusion
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Read the full storyImproving cancer care pathways at Imperial College Healthcare
In February 2024, we kicked off a major programme to find out how we could make our cancer care pathways work better for patients and their families, drawing directly on their views and ideas as well as those of our staff and care partners. While…
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