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Breast cancer
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Breast cancer
Annually, 1,200 women and men with breast cancer are diagnosed and treated by our breast services, one of the largest specialist centres in the country.
Broomfield (as part of the Chelmsford and Colchester breast screening service) and Southend Hospitals host screening assessment whilst symptomatic services are supported on all three units, seeing 15,000 urgent suspected cancer referrals per year.
Reconstruction is supported by the world-renowned St Andrew’s centre at Broomfield Hospital.
To find out more about breast cancer, visit:
- Breast cancer in women - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-women
- Breast cancer in men - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-men.
Open Access Follow Up (OAFU)/Personalised Stratified Follow Up (PSFU)
Our ‘follow ups’ are designed to support you when you have completed your treatments for up to five years. This allows you to access the breast team as and when needed.
Routine follow-up imaging is arranged by your consultant or open access nurse and the results are sent to you by letter along with future scan appointments.
Treatments are given at our cancer centre based at Southend Hospital.
What we offer
Basildon
Outpatient clinics are held Monday to Friday.
Oncology clinics are held on a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Meet the team
- 4 surgeons
- 1 medical oncologist
- 1 clinical oncologist
- 4 clinical nurse specialists
- 1 cancer support worker
- 1 metastatic breast clinical nurse specialist
- 1 open access follow up cancer nurse specialist
- 1 open access follow up coordinator
Broomfield
Outpatient clinics are held Monday to Friday. Referrals are accepted from GP/practice nurse and via the screening service.
Meet the team
- 5 breast oncoplastic surgeons (4 whole time equivalents)
- 1 registrar
- 2 breast oncologists
- 5 breast clinical nurse specialist
- 2 open access follow up clinic nurse specialist
- 1 Macmillan metastatic breast clinical nurse specialist.
Southend
Outpatient clinics are held Monday to Friday. Referrals are accepted from GP/practice nurse and via the screening service.
Meet the team
- 2 breast oncoplastic surgeons
- 1 breast surgeon
- 1 registrar
- 2 breast oncologists
- 6 breast clinical nurse specialists
- 1 open access follow up clinic nurse specialist
- 1 metastatic breast clinical nurse specialist.
Breast Surgery consultants
To view a list of our specialist consultants in this area, visit Consultants - Breast Surgery.
Contact us
Basildon
You can contact us during core hours, Monday to Friday.
Clinical nurse specialist team – call 01268 394727.
Metastatic breast clinical nurse specialist – call 07443 754839.
Open access follow-up clinical nurse specialist – call 01268 394835.
Secretarial support – call 01268 524900 and use the extensions 8548, 3806, or 8493.
Broomfield
Referrals are only accepted from GP/practice nurse and via the screening service.
If you have any questions about screening or an outpatient’s clinic, email mse.broomfieldbreastcarenurses@nhs.net or call 01245 513551 during core hours, Monday to Friday.
Email mse.broomfieldbreastcarenurses@nhs.net
Southend
Referrals are only accepted from GP/practice nurse and via the screening service.
If you have any questions about screening or an outpatient’s clinic, call 0300 443 1674 during core hours, Monday to Friday.
Useful links
Breast Cancer Now – https://www.breastcancernow.org
Tea and Chat (Chelmsford) — supporting secondary breast cancer patients. Come along every second Friday of the month between 10.30am and 12.30pm at the Helen Rollason Cancer Centre, Chelmsford, CM3 2EH. To find out more, visit https://make2ndscount.co.uk/support.