Chris O'Brien Lifehouse

Public-Private Cancer Centre

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse is a cancer centre located in Camperdown.

This centre provides both public and private services.

Cancer treatments provided by Chris O'Brien Lifehouse include:

  • surgery
  • chemotherapy
  • radiation therapy
  • haematology cancer
  • genetic services. 

Location and contact details

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse

Address
119-143 Missenden Road Camperdown NSW 2 0 5 0
 
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Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30am - 7:00pm

Address
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Level 1 119-143 Missenden Road Camperdown NSW 2 0 5 0
 
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Address
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse 119-143 Missenden Road Camperdown NSW 2 0 5 0
 
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Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30am - 7:00pm

Address
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse 119-143 Missenden Road Camperdown NSW 2 0 5 0
 
Get driving directions
 
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Phone
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Fax
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Website
Visit website
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm

Types of treatment

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse has surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy​, as well as providing haematological and cancer genetic services.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Treatment for some cancers can be complex and patients should be treated at a hospital which meets agreed criteria for managing this type of cancer. These centres are known as specialist cancer centres. Chris O'Brien Lifehouse is recommended for:

  • bladder cancer
  • breast cancer
  • colon cancer
  • complex head and neck cancers
  • lung cancer
  • oesophageal and stomach cancers
  • pancreatic, primary liver and bile duct cancers
  • ovarian cancer
  • neurological cancers
  • rectal cancer
  • sarcoma
  • osteosarcoma.

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PELVIC EXENTERATION CANCER SERVICE 

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Chris O'Brien Lifehouse provide the only pelvic exenteration service in NSW.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse treats both public and private patients.

Cancer care teams

Specialists at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse participate on the multidisciplinary cancer care teams (MDT) listed below. The teams meet regularly to coordinate care for people with these types of cancers:

Cancer specialists

The following cancer specialists work at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse:

Additional information

Most treatments are available in both the public and private systems but the costs can be very different. Also, a specialist can work in the public system, private system or both.

It is important to ask about fees before any doctors' visits, tests or treatments. Ask what the fees will be and how much you will get back from Medicare or your private health fund. You will have to pay any remaining costs (the gap payment).

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Patients, their families and carers who do not speak English as a first language or who are Deaf have the right to free, confidential and professional interpreters when they use public health services.

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To speak to an Aboriginal Health Worker, contact the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service or phone (02) 9319 5823.

Information on what to expect before, during and after cancer treatment is available in this guide, written for Aboriginal people.


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