Annual reports (2007-08 - Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service

Peter Mac provides radiotherapy services to approximately70–80 children / young adolescents per annum predominantlythrough ambulatory radiotherapy services. A small number(8–14 per annum) are admitted as in-patients. In addition, anincreasing number of children are accessing PET (PositronEmission Tomography) services at Peter Mac.Compared to 2003–04 (n=48), there has been a 64% increasein the total number of children / young adolescents treated in2007–08 (n=78) (see Figure 5 below).Figure 6 reflects the very significant expansion of PET servicesprovided for children and adolescents over the past five years.Increasing capacity at the Monash Medical Centre was akey outcome for PICS. Table 2 demonstrates a gradual increasein care being provided at the MMC campus. The number ofmonthly chemotherapies delivered is now on average 173 permonth, up from 40 in 2005.Figure 5: Increases Increases in number in number of children/adolescents of treatedwith radiotherapy over treated five with years radiotherapy over five years100Number80604020Table 2: SH CCC throughput profile 2005–2008Throughput profile 2005 2006 2007 2008*Number of medicalconsultations (not includingnon-malignant haematology)1,500 1,500 1,800 2,00002003 – 04 2004 – 05 2005 – 06 2006 – 07 2007 – 08Total number of patientsYearNumber of nurse-ledclinic patients– – – 750Number of new diagnoses 10 24 35 40Figure 6: Expansion Expansion of of PET PET services provided for by children Peter Macand adolescents over the past five yearsfor children over the past five years* predicted numbers160140120Number1008060402002003 2004 2005 2006 2007Number of PET scansYearPaediatric Integrated Cancer Service (PICS) Annual Report 2007– 2008| 11