Breast surgery patient information library

We will provide you with information when you attend your appointments at Hereford County Hospital with the Breast service team, as appropriate. 

Please find below links to some of this information. 

Breast Conditions

• Breast pain (BCC71)
• Duct ectasia (BCC82)
• Hyperplasia and atypical hyperplasia (BCC78)
• Intraductal papilloma (BCC79)

Types of Breast Cancer

• Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (BCC39)
• Invasive ductal breast cancer (BCC210)
• Medullary breast cancer (BCC185)
• Tubular breast cancer (BCC201)
• Invasive lobular breast cancer (BCC45)
• Inflammatory breast cancer (BCC23)
• Paget's disease of the breast (BCC38)

Important Information and Diagnosis

• Treating primary breast cancer (BCC4)
• Mummy's Lump (BCC164)

Surgical Advice

• Vacuum Assisted Biopsy
• Your operation and recovery (BCC151)
• Video - managing your drain
• Exercises after breast cancer surgery (BCC6)
• Reducing the risk of lymphoedema (BCC15)
• Breast prostheses, bras and clothes after surgery (BCC123)
• Understanding your pathology results (BCC161)

Reconstruction

• Breast reconstruction (BCC7)
• Understanding breast reconstruction
• Types of Reconstruction 

Chemotherapy 

• Chemotherapy (Macmillan) 
• Chemotherapy (Breast cancer now)
  
  

Radiotherapy

• Radiotherapy (Macmillan)
• Radiotherapy (Breast Cancer Now)

Hormone Therapy

• Tamoxifen (BCC20)
• Anastrozole (BCC31)
• Exemestane (BCC46)
• Letrozole (BCC64)

Menopause   

• Menopause (Breast cancer now) 
• Menopause (Macmillan)  

Living with and beyond Breast cancer  

• Living with and beyond breast cancer

Family History

• Family history, genes and breast cancer (BCC32)

Support Services

• Yeleni Therapy and Support Centre
• Keeping Abreast - Breast Cancer reconstruction support
• Macmillan Support

Holistic Needs Assessment

• Holistic Needs Assessment

Living with secondary breast cancer    

• Living with secondary breast cancer (Breast cancer now)
• Living with secondary breast cancer (Macmillan)