Breast Advisory Clinic

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Breast Advisory Clinic

• Stephanie Cooper
• Lead Breast Care Nurse
• West Herts NHS Trust

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Clinic Aims

• Established support patients 4-5 weeks post
  operatively.
• Post all cancer surgery.
• Increase understanding of ways to reduce risk of
  lymphoedema.
• Rehabilitation.

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Disciplines

• Physiotherapist
• Lymphoedema specialist
• Breast care nurse
• Grove House

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The sessions

• 2.5 hr session
• 50 minutes with each discipline
• Groups/individual sessions
• Questionnaire prior to session
• Evaluation