Last Modified: 12:56pm 02/12/2024
Breast Care Unit
The Breast Unit is a small friendly unit, located next to Eaglestone restaurant, opposite the rose garden. Women called back from screening with worrying mammograms or who report significant clinical symptoms are assessed on site. Our clinic offers diagnostics and treatment for both men and women by our highly skilled multidisciplinary team.
The unit has state of the art digital equipment and carry out most operations, such as lump removals and excision biopsies on a day case unit. We also have a ward for overnight stays and complex surgeries. There are specialist breast care nurses, a physiotherapist and dietician to support patients before and after surgery.
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Access and referrals
If your GP suspects you may have breast cancer, they will refer you to the hospital through the urgent two week wait process via the hospital’s appointments bureau.
Your first appointment will take place in the Trust’s breast care unit at the one-stop clinic.
Accessibility
MKUH has partnered with AccessAble in order to provide a detailed access guide for the public. This guide lets you know what access will be available when you visit our hospital and services. In order to find out more about the route you will use for the Breast Care Unit please follow this link: https://www.accessable.co.uk
Breast & General Surgery
- Common Conditions
- Outpatient Breast Clinic
- Breast Care wound advice sheet
- Breast Care – Diagnosis and Treatment Plan
- Admission and discharge – Breast Care Unit
- Fibroadenoma
- FEC-T chemotherapy
- Letrozole
- Breast pain leaflet
- Chemotherapy for breast cancer
- Gynaecomastia
- Tamoxifen
- Anastrozole
- Benign phyllodes tumours leaflet
- Breast pain information
- Breast cysts
- Fat necrosis
Cancer Services
- My Key To Care
- Hair Loss, Hair Thinning, Wig and Headwear Service for people with chemotherapy/radiotherapy induced hair loss, including hair and scalp plans for cold cap treatment
- High output stoma diet sheet
- Nutrition during Chemotherapy
- Safety at home after chemotherapy or when taking chemotherapy tablets home
- Patient handheld Systemic Anticancer Therapy (SACT) booklet
- Caring for the dying patient
- Extravasation What is it?
- Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment referral – What happens next?
- Patient Guidance Medication and driving
- Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression(MSCC)
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Management of Malignant Ascites
- What should I do if I have a chemotherapy spillage at home?
- Hair Loss, Hair Thinning, Wig and Headwear Service for chemotherapy / radiotherapy patients
- Influenza and Pneumonia Vaccination for Adult patients undergoing treatment for Cancer
- A Guide to Supported Self-Management and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer
- Awaiting Your Diagnosis and Colorectal Pathway
- Acute Oncology Service and Assessment Unit
Dietetics (adults)
Haematology