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Specialist Breast Care Services |
The Specialist Breast Care Service, based at the Ulster Hospital is committed to providing a service, which is at the leading edge of modern clinical care. We aim to deliver a sensitive, high quality service, which focuses on individualised patient care.
Specialist Breast Care Service Charter for Patients
- Patients attending will be seen by a team specialising in all aspects of the management of breast disease.
- Patients will receive a diagnosis prior to surgery or treatment plan, as appropriate, at the clinic. Occasionally further tests may be necessary to obtain a definite diagnosis.
- Patients will be aware of their diagnosis prior to surgery or treatment. However, there may be a few exceptions.
- Patients will be given all the information, support and time to allow them to make decisions regarding all aspects of treatment. An integrated reconstruction service will be offered to appropriate patients.
- A nurse specialising in the care of patients with breast disease is available at all times for support and consultation.
- A service offering the fitting of prosthetics and advice on clothing will be provided to appropriate patients.
- A service managing lymphoedema, minimising its risks, and offering treatment where necessary, is available.
- Support will be provided and their carers from diagnosis, through surgery and following discharge. This service is available as long as the patient wishes
Contacting a Macmillan Breast Care Nurse
( Tel. 028 9055 0499 (direct line, with answering machine)
Patient Information Leaflets
Please click on one of the links below to access the associated information leaflet:
Duct Ectasia (Nipple Discharge)
Additional Information Services
Cancerbackup
Free line Tel: 0808 8001234
Monday – Thursday 10 am – 7pm
Friday 10 am – 5.30 pm
Information, Support & Advice
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
Breast Cancer Care
Free line Tel: 0808 8006000
Monday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday 10 am – 2 pm
Information, Support & Advice
www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Macmillan Cancer Relief
82 Eglantine Avenue
Belfast
Tel 028 90661166
Information and Patient Grants
www.macmillan.org.uk
Action Cancer Information Centre
1 Marlborough Park
Belfast
Telephone: 028 90803344
Information, Support, Advice, Support Groups
E-Mail
supportservices@actioncancer.org
Ulster Cancer Foundation
40 / 42 Eglantine Avenue
Belfast
Free phone: 0800 783339
Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm
Information, Support, Support Group, Fitting Service
Gerald Lynch Centre
Belvoir Park Hospital
Belfast
Telephone: 028 90642509
Information & Support
Recommended Reading List
There are numerous books written on breast cancer and its treatment. You may find some of the following useful.
CANCER BACUP
Understanding breast cancer
Understanding radiotherapy
Understanding chemotherapy
understanding breast reconstruction
What do I tell the children? A guide for a parent with cancer
Available free of charge for patients/relatives from cancer bacup by contacting 020 7696 9003
BREAST CANCER: A GUIDE FOR EVERY WOMAN
Michael Baum et al.
Oxford University Press 1994
ISBN 0-10-262436-9
Details on all aspects of breast cancer
BREAST CANCER AND CARE
Carolyn Faulder
Ward Lock (in association with Breast Cancer Care) 1994
ISBN 0-7063-7411-8
Details on diagnosis and treatments of breast cancer.
ALL WOMEN- LIFE AFTER BREAST CANCER
T Yella
Omnia Books Ltd, Glasgow 2000
ISBN 1-84241-004-0
Includes personal accounts of well known women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer
RIBBONS OF HOPE Living Through Breast Cancer
Women from Northern Ireland share their experience
Compiled by Elvira Lowe
Dorman and Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland 2001
Available from Ulster Cancer Foundation