Breast Service
Our Breast Service treats patients with breast conditions at both Kings Mill and Newark Hospitals.
The service offers treatment for the below conditions:
- Breast abscess
- Breast implants
- Breast reduction
- Cancer of the breast
- Screen-detected breast cancer
- Symptomatic breast cancer
- Triple assessment
- Breast abscess
- Investigation and treatment of certain benign breast conditions.
- Screen-detected breast cancer
- Symptomatic breast cancer.
- Male breast cancer
- Diagnosis and non-operative management of gynaecomastia
- Nipple and duct surgery
- Symmetrisation
- Immediate and delayed implant/tissue expander-based breast reconstruction
- Wide local excision and therapeutic mammoplasty
- Chest wall perforator flap-based partial breast reconstruction
- Lipofilling
- Nipple reconstruction
- Nipple tattoo
- Breast pain management
- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in conjunction with the Nottingham University Hospital.
Features of the Breast Unit include:
- Comprehensive multidisciplinary breast cancer service including prevention, high risk, family history and all aspects of diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment.
- Operating over two sites (Mansfield and Newark) for geographical convenience
- Immediate and delayed breast reconstruction including skin sparring operations, nipple areola tattooing and reconstructive surgery following a wide local excision – extending the surgical limits of breast conserving surgery
- Bilateral prophylactic mastectomies and reconstruction in conjunction with genetic services
- Sentinel Node Services
- Neo-adjuvant/pre-operative endocrine therapy and chemotherapy to downsize large cancers
- New drugs - we have access to clinical trials providing new drugs and our research involvement in this area is linked to novel biological treatment of breast cancer
The breast service works closely with multiple charities in North Nottinghamshire. They have made a significant contribution to service developments such as imaging equipment and reconstructive equipment, which was provided by the pink ladies at Newark, allowing fat transfer procedures at Newark Hospital.
The unit offers open access to all patients who have undergone care, then developed further needs and concerns that require additional psychological and emotional support. Similarly the breast prosthesis clinic is offered to all patients that have undergone breast surgery.
The service holds public meeting and education days, which have been successful in meeting and sharing our experiences with all stakeholders. This includes colleagues from within the Trust, CCG, general practice and charitable partners.
