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Breast diseases

Our experienced consultants diagnose and treat a wide range of breast problems in our modern, clean hospitals across the UK.


Related tests and scans

Breast ultrasound

Ultrasound scanning is used to help monitor and diagnose conditions in many parts of the body.

Fine needle biopsy

A biopsy is a procedure to remove and examine a sample of tissue from a lump or suspicious area of the body.

Image guided aspiration and biopsy

Mammogram (breast screening)

A mammogram is a diagnostic test used to look for any problems within the breast and surrounding tissues. At Nuffield Health some women are eligible to refer themselves for self-pay breast screening.

Sentinel node biopsy

Your sentinel nodes are a part of your lymph node system - the system that protects your body from infection and disease. Sentinel nodes are the first nodes that may be subject to the spread of cancer of the breast or melanoma (mole cancer).


Related treatments and procedures

Breast reconstruction

A breast reconstruction is an operation to recreate a breast shape after you have had a mastectomy (breast removal). There are two types of breast reduction procedure which include breast reconstruction using implant and breast reconstruction using latissimus dorsi flap.

Capsulectomy

When you undergo breast reconstruction using an implant, your body forms a capsule that surrounds the implant. If the capsule contains muscle it can contract (called capsular contracture) causing the implant to rupture or deform your breast shape.

Lateral intercostal artery perforator (LICAP) Flap breast reconstruction

Lateral intercostal artery perforator (LICAP) flap breast reconstruction replaces lost breast tissue.

Mastectomy (breast removal)

If you are diagnosed with breast cancer your surgeon may recommend removal of your breast. This operation is called a mastectomy.

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