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This gives you information on the role and contact details for your urological Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
You have been referred to the urology CNS because your doctor suspects or has found that you have a cancer diagnosis. Urological cancer includes prostate, bladder, kidney, testicles and penis cancers.
The CNS will be your main point of contact throughout your diagnosis and treatment.
How to contact your CNS
Your prostate or testicular Clinical Nurse Specialist
Answerphone: 020 8934 2729 (Monday to Friday).
Leave your name, date of birth and contact number and we will get back to you.
Your bladder and kidney Clinical Nurse Specialist
Answerphone: 020 8934 3547 (Monday to Thursday)
Leave your name, date of birth and contact number and we will get back to you.
Macmillan 24-hour hotline
For all patients under the care of the Royal Marsden (Fulham, Sutton or Kingston branches)
Tel: 020 8915 6899
How your CNS can help you
Your CNS can help by:
- giving you written information and explaining things so you and your family understand your diagnosis and care
- offering advice on dealing with problems caused by your diagnosis or treatment
- listening and giving emotional or practical support
- offering information about services and other organisations
- talking about your diagnosis and care with other health and social care professionals, for example a dietician or social worker.
How we decide what treatment to offer you
In line with national guidelines, decisions on the best way to treat your disease will involve a range of specialists meeting together to discuss treatment options. This is called a Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) meeting.
At these MDT meetings, the specialists in urological cancer will review your diagnosis and your scans and test results.
Your CNS is at all MDT meetings to represent your views and to feed back the discussion to you if you want them to.
When the team has gathered all the necessary information, which can sometimes take time, they will discuss your case to plan your best treatment options.
This plan will be discussed and agreed with you at your next clinic appointment.
Specialists who make up the urological cancer MDT
| Medical oncologist | A doctor who specialises in treating cancer with chemotherapy and other cancer drugs |
| Clinical oncologist | A doctor who specialises in treating cancer with radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other cancer drugs |
| Urologist | A surgeon who performs urological operations |
| Radiologist | A doctor who performs investigations including X-rays and ultrasounds |
| Histopathologist | A doctor who examines patient samples and specimens |
| CNS | A clinical nurse specialist who represents your views at the MDT |
| MDT coordinator | A clinician who makes sure MDT meetings take place when needed |
Support and information
Kingston Hospital provides support and information services.
These include counselling, complementary therapies and a variety of workshops for cancer patients and their carers.
See Contacts section below.
Language translation
If you need help with language translation, email the Haematology department and they will arrange this for you. See under More information below.
Translated information is available in some languages from:
More information
Kingston Hospital Urological Cancer Unit
Macmillan: general advice on cancer support services offered nationwide
Macmillan: advice on benefits and financial support
Prostate Cancer UK information on urological cancer
Prostate Cancer UK information for Black men with prostate cancer
Kidney Cancer UK information on urological cancer
Cancer Wellbeing London: health and wellbeing events in your area
Cancer Care Map: find cancer support services near you
British Association of Urological Surgeons on prostate gland biopsy
British Association of Urological Surgeons on bladder tumour resection
Contact information
Kingston Hospital Urological CNS Department. Email: khft.
Kingston Hospital Bladder and Kidney CNS department. Email: khft.
Kingston Hospital Prostate and Testicular CNS department. Email: khft.
Kingston Hospital Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm. Email: khft.
Patient Pathways Coordinator (for admin queries)
Kingston Hospital Cancer Counselling Service, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Email: khft.
Telephone:
Kingston Hospital Bladder and Kidney CNS: 020 8934 3547
Kingston Hospital Prostate and Testicular CNS: 020 8934 2729
Kingston Hospital Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service: 020 8973 5001
Patient Pathways Coordinator: 020 8934 6041, option 4
Kingston Hospital Cancer Counselling Service: 020 8934 2114