Urological and urothelial cancers
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Our urological and urothelial cancer service diagnoses and manages the treatment of prostate, kidney and bladder cancers. This service is linked to our germ cell and testicular cancer service.
Charing Cross Hospital’s urology department is the designated centre for urological malignancy (cancer) in the West London Cancer Network and is home to the West London Cystectomy Centre for bladder cancer. It is also the supraregional testis cancer centre and offers retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for post chemotherapy residual masses. We also lead on developing more effective and innovative methods of treating conditions and recently won the national Cancer Research Excellence in Surgical Trials (CREST) award for our performance in organising and recruiting to our trial's programme.
Conditions and treatments
We diagnose and treat prostate, kidney and bladder cancers using chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery as appropriate. Our service offers one-stop urological clinics, as well as weekly multidisciplinary clinics for prostate and bladder cancers and a unique diagnostic unit for bladder, prostate and urethra assessment.
Our state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical equipment includes:
- custom-made urological laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) operating theatre
- laser ablation of recurrent bladder tumours in an outpatient setting, removing the need for a general anaesthetic
- cystoscopy (bladder camera) – in select cases may detect bladder tumours that may be missed by traditional techniques
- intravesical instillations unit for treatment of bladder tumours (filling of bladder with medication)
- we also provide state-of-the-art minimal invasive radical prostatectomy (surgical removal of the prostate) at St Mary’s Hospital using the Da Vinci robot, the first UK centre to establish a robotic radical prostatectomy programme. Other robotic operations are in evolution, including radical cystectomy (surgical bladder removal)
Clinics
Clinics are held at Charing Cross Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital. While most clinics are held in the urology departments at each hospital, we occasionally hold clinics in different areas of the hospitals. Please check your appointment letter for more information.
Our service offers a variety of clinics to investigate, diagnose and treat urological malignancies, including:
- daily one-stop haematuria (blood in urine) clinic
- regular one-stop prostate clinics for patients with raised PSA
- designated lower urinary tract symptoms clinic for benign prostatic hypertrophy (enlarged prostate) and bladder outflow obstruction (difficulty urinating)
- weekly one-stop clinics for functional urology for patients with complex and long-term urinary tract symptoms
- regular stone clinics, to include non-invasive treatment for stones in an outpatient setting using our Lithotripsy machine where appropriate
- nurse-led clinics for patients with long-term incontinence, intravesical instillations unit for treatment of bladder tumours, and surveillance of post-diagnosis prostate cancer patients
Urology clinics at Charing Cross Hospital
Address
Urology outpatients
Third floor
North wing
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
Clinic hours vary – please check appointment letters for details.
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 5000
Urology clinics at St Mary’s Hospital
Surgical Innovation Centre (Paterson Building)
St Mary’s Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY
Please note: The Surgical Innovation Centre (Paterson Building) can be accessed via South Wharf Road.
Hours
Clinic hours vary – please check appointment letters for details.
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 5000
Meet the team
Prostate team
Urological surgeons
Mr Matt Winkler
Mr Giles Hellawell
Professor Hashim U. Ahmed
Mr Manit Arya
Mr Jeff Webster
Mr Archie Hughes-Hallett
Mr Bijan Khoubehi
Consultant medical oncologists
Dr Michael Gonzalez
Dr Naveed Sarwar
Consultant clinical oncologists
Dr Stephen Mangar
Dr Alison Falconer
Consultant histopathologists
Dr Eithne Mannion
Dr Nyathane Ngo
Dr James Carton
Dr Jo Lloyd
Consultant radiologists
Dr Nick Burfitt
Dr Quazi Nadim
Dr Henry Tam
Clinical nurse specialists
Joanne Sethi
Heather Bhola-Stewart
Sandra Morris
SMDT co-ordinator
Simi Thankaraj
Bladder team
Urological surgeons
Ms Norma Gibbons, lead consultant, bladder
Mr Giles Hellawell
Mr David Hrouda
Mr Sanjiv Agarwal
Mr Gaurav Mukerji (locum)
Mr Ranan Dasgupta
Mr Hamid Abboudi
Consultant medical oncologists
Dr Naveed Sarwar, trials lead
Consultant clinical oncologists
Dr Stephen Mangar
Dr Alison Falconer
Consultant histopathologists
Dr Eithne Mannion
Dr Nyathane Ngo
Dr James Carton
Dr Jo Lloyd
Clinical nurse specialists
Joanne Sethi
Vicki Morton-Davis
Heather Bhola-Stewart
Ana Peterkin
Sandra Morris
SMDT co-ordinator
Imran Mahmood
Renal team
Urological surgeons
Mr David Hrouda
Ms Norma Gibbons
Additional clinical staff
Dr Matthew Williams, consultant clinical oncologist
Alex King, clinical psychologist
Angela Burden, palliative care clinical nurse specialist
Konstantinos Charitopoulos, consultant urological surgeon, West Middlesex University Hospital
Patient information
Before your appointment
You will receive an appointment within two weeks of referral. It is imperative that you attend your appointment. Please be aware that though this may require you to alter plans at the last minute, it is essential that we begin investigations and treatment if necessary as soon as possible.
We encourage you to bring a partner, relative, close friend or carer to your appointments, as you will need to discuss your condition, which could mean discussing good or bad news. When you arrive, we will ask you to change into a hospital gown and remove any jewellery, contact lenses, glasses or dentures, so we suggest you wear comfortable clothes that will be easy to remove.
Please prepare a list of all your medications, their doses, and any supplements you take. Bring detailed notes of your symptoms and try to recall when your symptoms began. If relevant, bring a diary of your daily food and drink intake. This will be very helpful in helping to plan out a plan of care for you. Some people are sensitive to certain types of food because of a condition, for example, many people with interstitial cystitis (bladder wall inflammation). Remember to check your appointment letter for anything specific you have been asked to take with you. In addition, it would be helpful if you could bring the following:
- Your full address and telephone number(s)
- Your appointment card and appointment letter
- Your GP’s name and address
- Money to pay for any prescriptions, or an exemption card
- A list of questions you may want to ask your consultant
During your appointment
Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present for some appointments. If you do not wish to have them in the room please let the nurse or doctor know and the students will be asked to step outside.
Our waiting times are typically around 30 minutes. You may be asked to see a variety of doctors and nurses during your first appointment, so please expect to spend several hours at the clinic.
Where possible we will try to organise all your tests, examinations and consultations to take place during one visit to try to avoid the need for multiple visits to the hospital. However, we will always give you the opportunity to go away and think about things before making a decision on appropriate treatment.
After the clinician has asked many questions it may be necessary to perform some examinations. The clinician may then decide to refer you for further investigation to provide further information to his/her examination. The clinician will explain all this to you after examination.
After your appointment
You will be given the details of the plan for the next steps to further tests or treatment. You may also be seen by a specialist nurse who will help co-ordinate your care. After your initial appointment a letter will be sent to your GP outlining the findings of your appointment. You will be sent a copy of this letter.
Macmillan navigators
As part of the Macmillan Cancer Support and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust partnership, we’ve introduced the Macmillan cancer navigators service.
Macmillan navigators offer a single phone contact for all cancer patients. They can help with booking appointments, accessing local support services and finding answers to any questions. Please call the Macmillan navigators team with any questions you have about your cancer care. Learn more about Macmillan navigators.
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