Acute oncology service

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