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follow-up care after treatment for breast cancer – Oncology

Follow up plan This booklet will inform you of your planned follow up care after treatment for breast cancer. Once you have completed treatment you will not need to attend the follow up clinic regularly but you will remain under our care for yrs. This means that you will not have to attend regular hospital […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Information booklet for follow-up care after treatment for breast cancer

Follow up plan This booklet will inform you of your planned follow up care after treatment for breast cancer. Once you have completed treatment you will not need to attend the follow up clinic regularly but you will remain under our care for the next five years. This means that you will not have to […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Secondary Breast Cancer

What is secondary breast cancer? Sometimes cancer cells can travel from the original tumour in the breast and spread to other parts of the body through the blood or lymph system. The organs that breast cancer usually spreads to are bone, liver or lungs. When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast Screening and Assessment Unit

Guidance regarding your breast screening visit following COVID19 pandemic. If you or someone you live with is feeling unwell or develops any COVID19 symptoms (high temperature over 37.8°, new cough, loss of sense of smell and/or taste) you should not attend this appointment and call us on 0191 4453747 and we can rearrange this appointment […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Vacuum Assisted Core Biopsy of the Breast (VACB)

The doctor has recommended that you have a vacuum assisted core biopsy of the breast (VACB) because your mammogram (breast x-ray) has shown an abnormality. The majority of abnormalities are benign (innocent) and present no health risk to the patient, but it is important that we find out exactly what the abnormality is in your […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Wide Core Needle Biopsy of the Breast (WCNB)

The doctor has advised that you have a wide core needle biopsy of the breast (WCNB) because an abnormality has been found in your breast. The majority of these abnormalities are benign and present no health risk to the patient, but it is important that we find out exactly what the abnormality is in your […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Lymph node biopsy

What are lymph nodes? Lymph nodes are part of the immune system. They are found in the neck, behind the ears, in the armpits, and in the chest, belly and groin. Lymph nodes in healthy people are usually difficult to feel. But lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, or groin can get bigger and become […]
Lipo-modelling (fat transfer) in breast surgery

What is Lipo-modelling? Lipo-modelling or fat grafting (sometimes called lipofilling or fat transfer) is a procedure used to try to improve the shape or size of the breast. It can be used on patients who have had a breast reconstruction or patients who have had a lumpectomy. What does it involve? Fat is taken from […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast Pain

This leaflet is for women who have breast pain and will give you advice and information about your breast pain.

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Auricular (ear) acupuncture

What is acupuncture? Acupuncture has been practised in China as a healing technique for thousands of years. It involves the insertion of tiny needles into points of the body that are believed to be able to help the body heal itself. It is used alongside standard treatment. “Auricular” is another name for ears, so auricular acupuncture means […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors

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