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Cervical Cancer
Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Cervical Cancer.
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Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - Patients with early stage or locally advanced Cervical cancer should be referred to the Gynaecology-Oncology surgical team for evaluation and further investigation / staging. Patients are usually then presented in a multi-disciplinary meeting for treatment planning and further referral if required for Medical Oncology input
- Women with a positive oncogenic HPV (16/18) test result should be referred directly for colposcopic assessment, informed by the result of the reflex liquid-based cytology. Women with a positive oncogenic HPV (not 16/18) test result with a reflex liquid-based cytology result of possible high-grade lesion or high-grade lesion should be referred directly for colposcopic assessment through the Gynaecology team initially and then will be referred further to the Gynaecology-Oncology MDT as appropriate
- Patients requiring chemotherapy and radiation for locally advanced disease (previously biopsy confirmed and discussed in Gynae-Oncology MDT) For optimum care, patient should be seen within 2 weeks
- Patients requiring adjuvant chemotherapy (biopsy confirmed) For optimum care, patient should be seen within 2 weeks
- Metastatic cervical cancer (biopsy confirmed
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Patients with previously treated locally advanced cervical cancer that required chemotherapy and require routine follow-up
- Transfer of care from another health service
Cat 3 · 365 days
appointment within 365 calendar days. - No category 3 criteria
Essential referral information
Referral will be returned without this. If a mandatory test cannot be obtained, say so in the referral.
- Previous cancer treatment details including location; dates; treating doctor; details of prior treatment regimes and imaging / pathology results.
- Previous screening test results
- FBC results
- ELFTs results
- Histology /cytology results – current +/- previous
- CT chest, abdomen and pelvis and MRI pelvis reports
Out of scope / wrong door
- Haematological malignancies (lymphoma, leukaemia or myeloma), should be referred to Benign and Malignant Haematology
- Paediatric patients should be referred to Queensland Children’s Hospital [https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/chq/health-professionals/referral-guidelines/]
Parent service: Medical Oncology
Send outpatient referrals to
- Smart Referrals preferred (Best Practice or Medical Director)
- Medical Objects GQ42150009Z (lookup qh → QHEALTH, GOLD COAST HEALTH OUTPATIENT)
- HealthLink EDI Qldgchsd
- Fax (07) 5687 4497 — Booking and Referral Centre
- Post: Booking and Referral Centre, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport QLD 4215
- Clinic enquiries 1300 559 083
How to refer — full order
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