Blood clots
After any surgery, you're at risk of blood clots developing
To prevent blood clots, your nurses get you up as soon as possible after your operation. They encourage you to move…
Breast Cysts
Fibroadenoma
Breast Calcifications
Fat Necrosis
Duct Ectasia
Intraductal Papilloma
Sclerosing lesions of the breast
Benign phyllodes tumour
Gynaecomastia
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Exercise is beneficial in all aspects of recovery
Cancer treatment can you feeling very fatigued. Treatment can also make your white blood cell count drop, which puts you at a higher…
Most women and some men with breast cancer have some type of surgery. Common types of breast surgery are lumpectomy, mastectomy, and taking out removal of lymph nodes from the underarm. Women(and…
Breast imaging (taking an image of the breast)
Mammogram
A mammogram is a breast x-ray. A mammographer (an expert in taking breast x-rays) will ask you to undress to the waist and stand in front of…
Biopsies
A biopsy is where a small sample of tissue, or amount of cells is taken from your body, to be examined under a microscope. This will help the medical team to determine whether a…
The purpose of this directory is to provide comprehensive information about the local cancer services available to the population of Calderdale & Huddersfield. It has been produced to build on…
The small bowel (or small intestine) is the longest part of the digestive system. It is only about as wide around as a middle finger (approximately 1 inch or 2.5 centimetres) and is, on average,…
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