Showing 12 Resources filtered by Breast Screening
- This leaflet is for women who have breast pain and will give you advice and information about your breast pain.
Nipple Reconstruction
Why consider nipple and areola reconstruction Nipple and areola (the area surrounding the nipple) reconstruction is the final stage of breast reconstruction, when a nipple is made and the colour replaced to the surrounding areola. Nipple and areola reconstruction is offered to patients who have undergone breast reconstruction. It is usually delayed until three to […]Topic: Breast Screening
Type: Patient information leaflets
Audience: Patients and visitors
Volume Replacement Breast Surgery
This type of surgery may be suitable for someone who has a breast cancer (tumour) and wishes to conserve (keep the breast) therefore mastectomy (removal of the breast) may be avoided. Whenever breast conservation surgery is performed the surgeon must also remove an extra rim of normal healthy tissue surrounding the tumour to ensure a […]Topic: Breast Screening
Type: Patient information leaflets
Audience: Patients and visitors
Participation Information Sheet – IBEX Innovations Limited Trueview® Product Development Data Collection
Why are we conducting this research? IBEX Innovations Limited (IBEX), a high-technology business based locally in Sedgefield, has developed a unique software-based product called Trueview® which significantly improves the quality of mammogram images. To finalise development and testing of the Trueview® software, we would like to access mammogram images taken of patients in the clinical […]Topic: Breast Screening
Type: Patient information leaflets
Audience: Patients and visitors
Nipple-Areola Micro-pigmentation (Tattooing)
This information sheet is designed to help you understand what is involved in the outpatient procedure of nipple-areola micro-pigmentation. The benefits and limitations of the procedure are outlined below, and the necessary aftercare. What is Micro-pigmentation? Micro-pigmentation is the implantation of small amounts of natural pigment (dye) via a needle into the surface layer of […]Topic: Breast Screening
Type: Patient information leaflets
Audience: Patients and visitors
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
Latissimus Dorsi Flap Reconstruction (back flap)
This information sheet explains the implications of breast reconstruction surgery and should be read in addition to the Breast Cancer Care booklet ‘Breast Reconstruction’. This information is intended to help you to understand the operation and the after care that will be necessary to achieve the best possible results. What does this involve? This type […]Topic: Breast Screening
Type: Patient information leaflets
Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast Screening and Assessment Unit
You have been given an appointment to attend an Assessment Clinic in the Breast Screening Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead. This is the second stage of the breast screening process. Your screening mammograms have shown some changes in your breast which need to be investigated further. The majority of changes are benign and present […]Topic: Breast Screening
Type: Patient information leaflets
Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast reconstruction (Tissue expansion)
This information sheet explains the implications of breast reconstruction surgery and should be read in addition to the Breast Cancer Care booklet ‘Breast Reconstruction’. This information is intended to help you understand the operation and the aftercare that will be necessary to achieve the best possible result. What is tissue expansion breast reconstruction? This is […]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