Neuro-Oncology

Services at | Updated 8 Nov 2023

Visit the Neuro-Oncological Surgery Page St George’s offers a supra-network multidisciplinary service for managing tumours in the central nervous system, serving a population of over four million. We receive referrals from South West London and Surrey, and surrounding counties. We also accept out-of-area referrals and referrals from overseas, reflecting the high level of specialist …
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Upper Gastrointestinal (Upper GI) Cancer

Services at | Updated 10 Mar 2023

St George’s Hospital provides diagnostic and specialist care for patients with cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary organs (UGI and HPB), including the diagnoses of oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine cancers. What are the signs and symptoms? The symptoms of oesophageal and gastric cancers are …
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Pituitary and Skull Base Tumours

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 31 Jan 2019

The St Georges Skull base Multidisciplinary Team provides services to patients throughout South and South West London and the Home Counties including Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire. The MDT meets to discuss cases every other Wednesday at 12:30 in the James Ambrose Seminar Room on the second floor of the …
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Diabetic Foot Clinic

Services at | Updated 9 Sep 2019

We are a specialist service providing advanced care for active diabetic foot problems. Services provided: Wound care. This includes debriding (removing) dead tissue to promote wound healing, specialist dressings and pressure relieving techniques. Advanced treatments such as larvae therapy and negative pressure therapy are also available. The management and treatment …
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Brain/CNS MDT

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 7 Feb 2024

Patients with a first diagnosis of suspected brain tumour must be referred to the on call neurosurgery service as described below*. All patients should be referred for discussion in the weekly Brain/CNS MDT meeting. This is hosted via MS TEAMS each Friday from 08:00 to 10:00. MDT referral process A neuro-oncology …
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery MDT

Services at | Updated 27 Jan 2019

Our partner institution, the Royal Marsden Hospital, has been commissioned by NHS England to provide radiosurgery for brain metastasis. Suitability for radiosurgery will depend on characteristics of the tumour(s) identified on brain imaging as well as factors such as the prognosis of the patient and the overall stage of their …
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Brain/CNS Tumours

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 21 Dec 2023 | Tags: brain tumour MDT neurosurgery referral

Patients with a first diagnosis of suspected brain or CNS tumour must be referred via the on call neurosurgery service and referred for discussion in the weekly Brain/CNS MDT meeting. This includes suspected cases of: Primary brain tumour (e.g. low grade glioma, glioblastoma) Brain metastasis Meningioma Pineal region tumour Intradural spinal …
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Unit

Services at | Updated 3 Feb 2021

The CMR unit at St George’s Hospital performs over 1000 cardiovascular scans per annum in patients with inherited and acquired cardiac disease. The cardiac MRI is a specialised MRI scan requiring specifically trained radiographers and cardiologists. Referrals are generally from cardiologists and cardiac surgeons but can also be taken from …
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Cardiac Sarcoid Clinic

Services at | Updated 30 Jan 2019

What is cardiac sarcoidosis? Sarcoidosis is a disease that leads to inflammation and clustering of immune system cells in various organs of the body. It has no known cause. These immune cell clusters, or granulomas, most commonly form in the lungs, skin, and/or lymph nodes. It’s much rarer for them …
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Echocardiography Department

Services at | Updated 11 Jun 2020

The Echocardiography Department at St George’s was founded in 1971 and has developed a national and international reputation. The Echocardiography Department is one of the largest in the United Kingdom and performs annually at least 20,000 transthoracic echocardiograms, 1700 stress echocardiograms and more then 600 transoesophageal studies. We aim to provide …
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