Annual Report 2010 - St. James's Hospital

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with 92% proceeding to a prostate biopsy. The urology Multi-
Disciplinary Team meeting takes place weekly where complex
cancer patients can be discussed to have a collaborated
structured treatment plan implemented.
The number of patients attending general urology outpatients
has also dramatically increased by 22.8% over the last
year to a total of 5539 patients seen last year. All patients
receive information leafl ets on planned procedures prior to
discharge from clinic and newly diagnosed cancer patients
have the opportunity to meet one of our urology clinical nurse
specialists. The urology nurses provide a unique service to the
urology department ranging from investigative and therapeutic
procedures, patient education both pre- and post operatively
and patient support.
The department is extensively involved in both clinical and
science based research and there are 2 full time clinical
urology research fellows. The science research is focused
on prostate cancer and based in the Trinity centre under the
Supervision of Professor Thomas Lynch and Professor Donal
Hollywood (Radiation Oncology). Papers have been submitted
to both national and International meetings including the
Irish Society of Urology, European Association of Urology,
American Association of Urology and the Irish Association of
Urology Nurses.
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