Rapid access to high quality personalised treatment for all patients, publicly or privately referred in Adelaide s north.

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1 Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre at Calvary Central Districts Hospital Rapid access to high quality personalised treatment for all patients, publicly or privately referred in Adelaide s north.

2 South Australia s leading provider of radiation oncology services, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre (ARC), operates a state of the art cancer care facility in Elizabeth Vale. As ARC s 4th site our service links in with both medical and surgical oncology facilities at Calvary Central Districts Hospital and enables rapid no wait access to cancer care services all at one location. In every aspect of its design and offering, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre s service at Calvary Central Districts Hospital is built around meeting patients needs, through ease of access to specialist radiation oncologist, diagnostic procedures such as imaging and pathology and multidisciplinary clinics. This comprehensive care model is supported by inpatient hospital care provided by the Calvary Hospital Group. Every person and every cancer is unique; so is every treatment we prescribe. At ARC patients recieve rapid access to personlised cancer care

3 Radiation theapists undertake organ definition task State- of-the-art technology ARC is committed to providing infrastructure that allows for the best possible treatment. At ARC s Elizabeth Vale site, we have selected the latest technology which is among the most advanced nationwide and enables us to increase the speed of treatment delivery while minimising side effects. The added convenience of having all services on site enables patients to be seen for all their cancer services at one location. Our Practice firmly believes that people diagnosed with cancer should be aware of all their treatment options and have access to the best treatment, doctors, choice of treatment locations and appointment times.

4 About one in two cancer patients will need radiotherapy for cure or palliation of their cancer. Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre - Helping to make patients cancer treatment choices easier. ARC at Calvary Central Districts Hospital incorporates leading edge technology, access to best practice treatments, advanced techniques and experienced radiation oncologists in a demographic that is rapidly growing and underserviced. Other factors to Consider ARC s reputation in providing a timely response to any request for an initial appointment with one of our oncologists. Convenience of our Calvary Central Districts Hopital Elizabeth Vale site - closer to home, for our northern suburbs residents. Free on-site parking All patients are managed by a consultant of their choice At ARC there are no waiting lists At ARC we can oblige flexible appointment times. Our radiation oncologists are always willing to offer a second opinion to patients after a cancer diagnosis. We see this as a normal and perfectly reasonable thing for patients to do before committing to an ongoing cancer treatment plan Whatever your patient s decision, we look forward to welcoming your patient into our facilities and to providing them with world class care using the latest medical technology.

5 Patients have access to leading radiation oncologists. Oncologist profiles DR KEVIN PALUMBO graduated in Medicine at the University of Adelaide in He later trained in Radiation Oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, graduating in Dr Palumbo worked as a consultant clinical oncologist at Western Infirmary, Glasgow from 1997 to He returned to Royal Adelaide Hospital as a Staff Specialist, until he joined Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre in From 2000 to 2003 Dr Palumbo was also an examiner for the Part I examinations of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) Faculty of Radiation Oncology. His special interests include malignancies of the central nervous system, head and neck, urological, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. Dr Palumbo consults at numerous locations: our Adelaide City site, Calvary Central Districts Hospital, Kurralta Park Tennyson Centre and Calvary North Adelaide Hospital. DR MARCUS DREOSTI graduated from Adelaide University and Flinders University with degrees in Law and Medicine before moving to Sydney where he commenced his specialist training in Radiation Oncology at St Vincent s Hospital. He completed Clinical Fellowships in Singapore and Darwin gaining experience in accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) and he developed and implemented protocols for the use of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in Head and Neck and Anal Cancer. He then returned to Sydney as a Staff Specialist at the Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Centres gaining broad experience working in a sub-specialised tertiary cancer centre including with Tomotherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy and carried a large breast and lung cancer clinical load. Dr Dreosti is involved in both medical student and Registrar teaching and is a College Examiner. He is also a member of the College Accreditation Panel which accredits hospitals

6 nationally as training centres for Registrars. Dr Dreosti has returned to Adelaide and is a partner of the Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre. He is involved nationally within Genesis Cancer Care to ensure that the highest quality of radiotherapy is delivered in keeping with national protocols with a focus on standardisation and quality assurance. He works across all areas, with particular clinical interests in breast, lung, prostate and gastrointestinal cancers. He works out of the fully equipped Radiotherapy Clinics at South Terrace, Calvary Central Districts Hospital and the Tennyson Centre at Kurralta Park. DR PHUONG TRAN graduated from the University of Adelaide in She undertook postgraduate training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and was the inaugural trainee at Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre/Flinders Medical Centre, gaining her specialist qualifications in Radiation Oncology in Dr Tran has subspecialty interests in urological malignancies (in particular prostate cancer), lung and breast malignancies. Having established the Prostate Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Program at Tennyson Centre, she is also on the working party for GenesisCare s multi-institutional Prostate Brachytherapy Database Project and a member of the State Lung Cancer Pathway Working Group, created under the auspices of the SA Cancer Clinical Network. Dr Tran is also a volunteer medical officer for Camp Quality which aims to support children and their families living with cancer. Dr Tran consults at Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre s rooms at Tennyson Centre and Calvary Central Districts Hospital. She is also a Visiting Medical Specialist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

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8 About Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre GenesisCare s South Australian cancer care practice, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre, is the leading provider of radiotherapy services in the State. In addition to our 4 treatment sites in metropolitan Adelaide, Adelaide Radiotherapy s radiation oncologists provide weekly consultations sessions at the North Adelaide Oncology group as well as a comprehensive visiting medical officer service to the public sector hospital system at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Women s and Children s Hospital and the Repatriation General Hospital. Access to our radiation oncologists clinical expertise is also available through our consulting clinics in Whyalla, Murray Bridge, and Wallaroo. John Rice Ave Tregenza Ave Hamdon St Poulsho t Cres Philip Hwy Clapton St Day Rd Porter St Jarvis Rd H Calvary Central Districts Hospital Wayfo r d d St St Locations Elizabeth Vale Bedford Park Calvary Central Districts Hospital Flinders Private Hospital Jarvis Road Flinders Drive Elizabeth Vale, SA 5112 Bedford Park, SA 5042 Telephone (08) Telephone (08) Adelaide Kurralta Park St Andrews Hospital Tennyson Centre 352 South Terrace 520 South Road Adelaide, SA 5000 Kurralta Park, SA 5037 Telephone (08) Telephone (08)