WA State Sarcoma Service
During 2015, Western Australia became the first state in Australia to provide a State Sarcoma Service.
What does this mean?
If you are diagnosed with a sarcoma through the public health system, your doctor will refer your case to the dedicated, passionate and highly experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT) based at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. This team holds a weekly meeting to discuss best practice management of newly referred sarcoma cases. They will also discuss further management of continuing cases or those sarcoma cases where sadly the sarcoma has returned. If you have been diagnosed with a sarcoma through the private health system, you can still access this service. Just ask your doctor if your case can be referred to the State Sarcoma Service.
Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Consultant
After many years of recognizing the importance of and need for this role, WA now has a specialist clinical nurse as part of the MDT team. This role is there not only to help the clinical team coordinate all that is involved in the management of a sarcoma diagnosis but more importantly, is there to help and support the patient and their family to navigate the sarcoma journey.
The Sarcoma nurse is there to help with any questions that may arise during or after treatment; to provide support with issues that may arise in daily life as a result of a sarcoma diagnosis or to services that may help make the journey a little easier. The nurse is on call 24/7 in an emergency.
Download the WA State Sarcoma Brochure here
The Sarcoma Team in Western Australia
Contact Details:
Administrative Assistant
Tel: (08) 6457 1499
Location: Level 1 G Block
Referrals
Via CRS or ereferral
For urgent attention contact Sarcoma CNC
Tel: 0466 442 639
Head of State Sarcoma Service
Professor Richard Carey-Smith
Not in WA?
There are specialist sarcoma clinicians in each state and to find the specialists in your state, visit