NZNO nurses, healthcare assistants and some midwives plan to strike from 9am on Wednesday 30 July to 9am on Thursday 31 July. Patient safety is our priority and our hospitals will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
Medical oncology is a specialised field of medicine that focuses on the use of drugs to treat cancer. The medical oncology department is part of the Canterbury cancer and haematology service. It is one of 2 tertiary centres delivering medical oncology and chemotherapy treatment in the South Island.
To contact the medical oncology department:
Nurses are available on the phone 24 hours a day.
The service is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.
The medical oncology department is at:
Ground floor
Oncology building
Parkside West
Christchurch Hospital
Riccarton Avenue
We have a dedicated day ward that delivers chemotherapy treatment.
The aim of treatment is to kill cancer cells while doing the least possible damage to normal cells. Drug therapy may be given alone (either before or after surgery) or combined with:
Different combinations of treatment are used for different types of cancer.
Welcome to the Canterbury regional cancer and haematology service — Vimeo
You will usually be referred to the medical oncology service after receiving a diagnosis. A referral can be from a surgeon or a doctor from another speciality after doing tests and investigations.
We do not take referrals from the general public.
