The primary source of advice to you about treatment of prostate cancer will be your GP and referred medical specialists. However, there are a number of agencies and organisations that may advise about or provide services for people who are considering or who have undertaken treatment for prostate cancer:
- Cancer Council ACT maintains a comprehensive directory for cancer services. (Note: The individual sections of the directory listed on that web page are kept up to date and the sections of interest can be downloaded as small PDF format files. The overall directory may not be completely up to date.)
- ACT Department of Health - Cancer Services, Men’s Health, Support Groups.
- Of the ACT Department of Health’s services, of particular relevance are education sessions for clients and their partners prior to and after prostatectomy surgery. Details of these sessions can be downloaded from here as a 35 KB file in PDF format.
- The Canberra Hospital, Nurse Care Coordinator, Prostate & Urological Cancers. Phone: 02 6244 3897
- National Continence Helpline. Phone 1300 330 066. Interpreter service: 13 14 50 (ask for connection to Continence Helpline).
- Continence assistance: Commonwealth Carelink Centre. Phone: 1800 052 222
- Relationships Australia. http://www.relationships.org.au