What do we do?
The Department of Urology is a developing service which treats around 250 in-patients with urological cancers each year. This includes prostate, kidney, bladder, penis and testicular cancer. The department works closely with the Christie Hospital and patients may attend the Christie for treatment.

Brachytherapy Radiotherapist

(Christie Hospital)

All urology nurse specialists at MRI are available on:
Tel. No: 0161 276 3645 (24 hour answerphone available)

What if I think I might have a urological cancer? back to top of page
If you are worried that you might have a urological cancer, you should go and see your family doctor (GP) as soon as possible. Your GP will then decide whether you should be sent to see a doctor who specialises in urology.

The Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer is a guide for doctors, to help ensure that the patient is seen quickly if the doctor thinks he or she may have cancer.

Information about the guidelines can be seen by clicking here
This gives you information about the guidelines as well as information about urological cancers. This includes things to look out for, and tests that may be carried out if your doctor thinks you might have a urological cancer.

Referral criteria and contact procedures back to top of page

All urgent referrals should be faxed by the patient's GP, to the booking centre on 0161 443 0632 using the urgent referral form

If the patient has a suspected cancer of the testicle an urgent ultrasound of the testicle should be requested by the patient's GP, at the Radiology Department at Manchester Royal Infirmary. This should be requested urgently at the same time as the referral is sent, and a note should be made on the referral form that it has been requested.

Clinic days and times back to top of page
The following clinics are held in the main Out-patient Department at Manchester Royal Infirmary:

Tuesday p.m:

Consultant oncology clinic, (new and follow-up)

Thursday p.m.

Friday a.m:

Friday p.m:

Diagnostic Cystoscopy clinic

Treatment back to top of page
The treatment for cancer is decided on an individual basis, so the treatment may not be the same for everyone.

The treatment given will depend on:

• The type of cancer and where it is
• If it has spread
• The general health of the person with cancer
• The wishes of the person with cancer

The doctor will discuss treatment options with the person with cancer and help them decide which is the best one for them. The opportunity to take part in a clinical trial, where a new treatment is tested, may also be offered. For more general information about treatments for cancer click here.

A lot of people with cancer worry that if they go to the Christie Hospital for treatment it means their cancer must be worse. This is not true. Many of the teams at Central Manchester work closely with the doctors at the Christie Hospital. This means that some people go to the Christie Hospital for treatment not because their cancer is worse but because that is where the doctors are based. All patients needing radiotherapy go to the Christie Hospital. This is because that is where the radiotherapy machines are.

Support:
The Urology Specialist Nurses at Manchester Royal Infirmary are available to provide support to patients and carers, as well as information and advice to help them cope with their diagnosis and treatment. The Urology Specialist Nurses can be contacted on 0161 276 8768 (answerphone available).

For more information about prostate cancer click on:
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For more information about cancer of the testicle click on:
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For more information about kidney cancer click on:
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For more information about cancer of the penis click on:
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Support contacts Back to top of page
The authors of this site do not endorse any particular groups, and anyone looking for a support group is advised to find out more about the group, including who runs it, what it offers and what its aims are.

Cancerbackup
3 Bath Place
Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3JR
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
Freephone helpline 0808 800 1234
Support and information for people affected by cancer, including over 50 booklets and 134 factsheets on cancer, treatment and living with cancer
Helpline staffed by nurse specialists

Macmillan Cancer Support
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7EQ
Macmillan CancerLine freephone helpline 0808 808 2020
Textphone: 0808 808 0121
www.macmillan.org.uk
Support and information for people affected by cancer, including information on cancer support and care charities in the UK, and leaflets/booklets about different cancers and living with cancer. Also information about Macmillan services, from nursing to grants.
Link to Language Line to help callers in up to 150 languages.

NHS Direct
Telephone service: 0845 46 47
Textphone 0845 606 46 47
NHS Direct Online www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

24 hour confidential nurse advice and health information telephone service with access to interpreters
Online information

Cancer Aid and Listening Line
Tel: 0845 123 23 29
Confidential helpline for people affected by cancer, run by trained volunteers with personal experience of cancer.
www.canceraid.co.uk

Useful links
Dipex - information about prostate cancer, with people who have been treated for prostate cancer or are worried about prostate cancer talking about their experience

www.malehealth.co.uk - information about cancer and men

www.prostate-cancer.org.uk - site of the Prostate Cancer Charity, which provides information and support to anyone concerned about prostate cancer

www.uagbi.org - site of the Urostomy Association, which offers support to people with urosotomies