Cancer Centre
The Cancer Centre at Fiona Stanley Hospital cares for patients who are being looked after by medical specialties including:
- medical oncology
- radiation oncology
- haematology
- surgical oncology
- palliative care (Healthy WA).
Our services
Our cancer service also includes:
- inpatient medical and radiation oncology (located on level 7)
- surgical beds for cancer patients
- haematology, including the State bone marrow transplant service
- a comprehensive treatment service, including immunotherapy and chemotherapy, for inpatients, outpatients and ambulatory care
- a consultative palliative care service
- a specialised pharmacy for the preparation of chemotherapy agents
- a dedicated breast service offering advanced screenings, specialist doctors and counselling services
- our Medical Oncology Symptom and Urgent Review Clinic, which provides specialist support for medical oncology patients experiencing side effects during or within three months of their cancer treatment.
Surgery for a range of cancers (incluing head and neck, melanoma and soft tissue sarcoma, breast, gastrointestinal, lung and urological) is performed at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
We also provide reconstructive surgery.
Our facilities
Outpatient and day therapy services are located on the ground floor of Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Our comprehensive centre includes:
- 22 consulting/interview rooms for cancer outpatients
- a chemotherapy unit with 18 chemotherapy bays and four enclosed single bedrooms
- a day therapy unit with 8 assessment bays including one 4-bed room for aphaeresis (the process where blood is put through a machine to separate out components)
- a radiation oncology suite on the lower ground floor, with four linear accelerators, radiation therapy planning and dosimetry facilities (to measure and calculate radiation doses)
- the Breast Centre on level 1 – the centre has been developed around a private courtyard and features a separate entrance and drop-off area to improve privacy for patients and their visitors.
More information
Contact us
Call our Fiona Stanley Hospital Helpdesk on 6152 2222 for all queries.
Location
The Cancer Centre is located on the ground floor of the main hospital building. The main hospital building is accessed off Robin Warren Drive – view the Fiona Stanley Hospital map (PDF 1MB).
Opening hours
If you need to speak to your treating team, please refer to your medical alert card or appointment card for both in hours/out of hours contact details.
Haematology and Oncology Clinics
Clinics are open from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday and Friday for appointments and general phone enquiries.
Chemotherapy Unit and Day Therapy Unit
Patient treatment times are:
- 8:00am to 8:00pm, Monday to Friday
- 8:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday and Sunday
Medical Oncology Ward 7C and Haematology Ward 7D
Read visiting hours information.
