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NHS Pan Birmingham Cancer Network

  • Breast cancer

    On this page, you will find all of our current information leaflets on breast cancer, including general information, as well as information on the different types of treatment available.

    We develop these leaflets together with the hospitals within the cancer network, so that you, your friends and families can have easy access to the most up to date information available.

    We do our best to make sure that there are information leaflets available for as many types of treatment as possible, but there might still be some procedures and treatments available that we have not developed a leaflet for yet, so you should always speak to your nurse or doctor if there is anything you want to know that is not available below.

  • Diagnosis

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  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

    This leaflet gives you information on sentinel node biopsy and the care you will receive before, during and after this operation.

    sentinel_lymph_node_b.pdf

  • Excision or Open Biopsy of a Breast Lump

    This leaflet tells you about a procedure known as excision or open biopsy of a breast lump. It explains what is involved and some of the risks associated with this procedure.

    excision_or_open_biop.pdf

  • Treatment

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  • Axillary Node Clearance

    This leaflet gives you information about axillary node clearance and the care you will receive before, during and after the operation. This operation might be carried out at the same time as a mastectomy or wide local excision of a breast lump and this resource should be read along with the advice on that surgery.

    axillary_node_clearan.pdf

  • Axillary Node Sampling

    This leaflet gives you information about axillary node sample and the care you will receive before, during and after the operation. This operation is usually carried out at the same time as a mastectomy or wide local excision of a breast lump and this resource should be read along with the advice on that surgery.

    axillary_node_samplin.pdf

  • Mastectomy

    This leaflet gives you information on an operation known as mastectomy and the care you will receive before, during and after this operation.

    mastectomy_-_js_final.pdf

  • Mastectomy and Axillary Node Clearance

    This leaflet tells you what a mastectomy and axillary node clearance are and gives advice about preparing for the operation. It also talks about the possible treatments following this surgery.

    mastectomy_and_axilla.pdf

  • Bisphosphonates in Treatment for Cancer

    This leaflet gives you information about bisphosphonates. It explains how these drugs work, how they are given and the possible side-effects associated with their use.

    bisphosphonates_in_tr.pdf

  • Wide Local Excision of a Breast Lump

    This leaflet gives information about an operation to the breast knowns as wide local excision and the care patients will receive before, during and after their operation.

    wide_local_excision_-.pdf

  • Follow up

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  • What Happens Next?

    This leaflet tells patients about the ways in which they can continue to access support and advice about their health following the end of their treatment for breast cancer.

     

    what_happens_next_-_f.pdf