Specialised Facilities And Services Available On SVUH Campus

Combined medical and surgical colorectal clinic
Family screening for FAP, HNPCC and high risk families
Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy
Trans-endoscopic metal stent placement
Endoscopic cancer screening service
High resolution computerised tomography
CT colography
Defecating proctography
Magnetic resonance imaging
Radiofrequency ablation
Chemoembolisation
Anorectal physiology laboratory services
Pudendal nerve assessment
Anorectal manometry
Anorectal ultrasound
Total mesorectal excision
Laparoscopic surgery
Liver resection for colorectal metastases
Liver transplantation for carcinoid tumours
Lung resection
Sub-specialised Colorectal Pathologist
Colorectal Medical Scientist
On-call service for specimen collection
Standardised colorectal cancer photography and dissection
Standardised colorectal cancer reporting service
Immunohistochemistry for mismatch repair proteins
PCR assays for microsatellite instability
Medical oncology services
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Palliative chemotherapy
Radiation oncology services
Neoadjuvant treatment. (combined long-course chemoradiotherapy)
Primary radiotherapy for anal cancer
Colorectal Nurse Specialist
Stoma Nurse Specialist
Colorectal Cancer Co-ordinator
Genetic counselling
Pre and post-operative patient and family counselling
Cancer Support Centre
Specialist Palliative Care Service
Hospice Service
Combined Radiology Conference
Combined Histopathology Conference
Medical and surgical gastroenterology
Case Conference
Monthly colorectal cancer audit Meeting
Monthly inflammatory bowel disease Meeting
Undergraduate and postgraduate lecture series
General practice Conferences
Nurse Education Program
Patient Education Program
Colorectal cancer public education seminars/open days
Allied health care education program
International Colorectal Meetings
Translational research program
Integrated computerised relational databases from 1983 to 2004
Primary colorectal cancer cell culture
Research links to Conway Institute
Active research links with UK, European and American institutions
Statistical Services