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Cancer service
Cancer service at ESNEFT
Cancer is a condition where cells in a specific part of the body grow and reproduce uncontrollably. The cancerous cells can invade and destroy surrounding healthy tissue, including organs.
One in two people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. There are more than 200 different types of cancer, and each is diagnosed and treated in a particular way.
NHS website cancer pages (Opens in a new window).
At ESNEFT, we hold cancer clinics, carry out tests, perform surgery, and deliver other treatments at Colchester and Ipswich hospitals.
Cancer treatment at Colchester Hospital
Clinics and treatments take place at several locations in the hospital:
- main outpatients department
- the Collingwood Centre
- the breast unit in Gainsborough wing
- the Turner Centre
- the Constable unit
- the radiotherapy department
- mobile chemotherapy unit
Cancer patients who need to stay in hospital are cared for on West Bergholt ward.
Contact the oncology secretaries at Colchester Hospital
You can also telephone 01206 745 083, 01206 745 085, 01206 745 087, 01206 745 084, 01206 747 238, 01206 745 089
01206 745088OncologyPA@esneft.nhs.ukContact the haematology secretaries at Colchester Hospital
You can also telephone 01206 746 162, 01206 742 201, 01206 742 245
01206 745 345HaematologyPA@esneft.nhs.ukContact the Collingwood Centre
You can also telephone 01206 746 443
01206 746 220CollingwoodAdm@esneft.nhs.ukCancer treatment at Ipswich Hospital
Clinics and treatments take place at several locations in the hospital:
- main outpatients department
- gynaecology clinic
- the Woolverstone Wing, entrance 15 North end of the hospital
Woolverstone Wing Accessibility information from AccessAble (Opens in a new window).
Cancer patients who need to stay in hospital are cared for on Somersham ward.
Contact the oncology secretaries at Ipswich Hospital
You can also telephone 01473 704 906, 01473 702 994, 01473 703 893
01473 704 908Oncology.Secretaries@esneft.nhs.ukContact the haematology secretaries at Ipswich Hospital
You can also telephone 01473 704 822, 01473 703 718
01473 704 821 Haem.Secs@esneft.nhs.ukContact the Woolverstone Unit
01473 707 306Cancer treatment closer to your home
Some treatments such as chemotherapy are offered at our community hospitals in Aldeburgh, Clacton and Felixstowe and there is a mobile chemotherapy unit which visits areas in North East Essex. Your specialist nurse will be able to tell you if you can receive some of your treatment closer to your home.
Cancer sites
There are many different types of cancer, each with its own treatment or treatments. Depending on the type of cancer you have, there might be more than one way to treat you.