UC Cancer Wellness Centre is a unique multidisciplinary teaching clinic providing supportive cancer care to the residents of Canberra and nearby regions. Through delivering allied health services before, during and beyond cancer treatment, our individually tailored programs can help mitigate treatment-related side effects, improve physical function and quality of life.
Our supportive care programs include:
In 2018, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) released a position statement stating that “exercise should be embedded as part of standard practice in cancer care and to be viewed as an adjunct therapy that helps counteract the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment.” This recommendation has evolved from countless studies demonstrating that sedentary behaviour such as sitting and lying should be limited and that regular exercise is safe and effective as pre-rehabilitation throughout active treatment (chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy) and to enhance recovery following treatment.
Below are some of the health and wellbeing benefits commonly experienced from participating in regular exercise during and after cancer treatment.
In response to the situation with COVID-19, we are offering telehealth services. Please call us to make an appointment.
Depending on your required service we operate out of two locations on the UC Campus in Bruce.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.