Our breast cancer specialists treat a range of conditions, including:
- breast cancer
- breast abnormalities
- breast pain (mastalgia)
- nipple discharge
- male breast concerns
- benign breast lumps fibroadenoma)
- lymphoedema
A mastectomy is an operation to remove a breast and is an effective treatment for breast cancer. During a radical mastectomy, the entire breast is removed, as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit. The aim is to remove any cancerous tissues from your breast and surrounding areas, preventing the cancer from returning or spreading.
During a simple mastectomy, your surgeon will remove all of the breast and most of the skin covering it, while preserving the surrounding chest muscles and lymph nodes. The aim is to remove any cancerous tissues, preventing the cancer from returning or spreading.
After a mastectomy, your surgeon may be able to use body tissue taken from elsewhere on your body to reconstruct the shape of your breast. One such procedure is deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction, so-called because it uses a ‘flap’ of muscle, usually taken from your belly.
Clinical interests: Breast surgery, breast reconstruction, endocrine surgey, gynaecomastia, and retrosternal goitres.
Languages spoken: Arabic/English
Clinical interests: Oncoplastic reconstructive breast surgery, implant-based reconstruction and therapeutic/reduction mammoplasty, contralateral symmetrisation and revisional surgery, benign and developmental surgery, and nipple and duct surgery.
Languages spoken: English
Clinical interests: Breast Cancer, One Stop Breast Clinics, Cosmetic breast surgery including breast implants, breast reduction and asymmetry correction, Male breast problems
Languages spoken: Bengali/English/Hindi/Tamil/Urdu
Clinical interests: Diagnosis and management of benign breast diseases; breast cancer management; breast augmentation; oncoplastic breast surgery; reconstructive breast surgery; biomesh based breast reconstruction; breast implant surgery; complex corrective breast surgery; breast reduction surgery; surgery for gynaecomastia; day case general surgery procedures.
Languages spoken: Bengali/English/Hindi/Urdu
Clinical interests: Oncoplastic breast cancer surgery; breast cancer risk assessment; breast reconstruction; mastectomy and therapeutic mastectomy; lumpectomy; breast radiology.
Languages spoken: Cantonese/Chinese/English/Malay/Mandarin
Mr Giles Davies
/ Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon and Director of Breast Surgery
General surgery, Breast surgery
Clinical interests: Breast cancer surgery, breast reconstruction, and aesthetic breast surgery.
Languages spoken: English
Clinical interests: All procedures in breast surgery (including sentinel node biopsy, breast reconstruction, and intra-operative radiotherapy) and breast cancer, including second opinions, surgical oncology, and melanoma.
Languages spoken: English/French/Greek/Italian/Spanish
Ms Jennifer Hu
/ Consultant Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon
General surgery, Breast surgery
Clinical interests: Rapid Diagnostic Breast Clinic/One Stop Breast Clinic and breast radiology; management of benign and malignant breast disease; expertise in family history of breast cancer, including main stream genetics; breast surgery – diagnostic, benign and cancer, and risk-reducing surgery; oncoplastic breast conservation surgery, including image guidance using wires and marker seeds; partial breast reconstruction using local thoracic flaps (LICAPs, MICAPS, AICAPS, TDAPs, LCAPs); mastectomy (skin and nipple sparing); and reconstruction with implants and pedicled myocutaneous flap, sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection and axillary clearance.
Languages spoken: Cantonese/English
Clinical interests: Breast surgery, breast cancer surgery, breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast reconstruction, oncoplastic breast surgery, breast asymmetry, congenital breast deformity, mammoplasty, breast conservation surgery, DIEP flap, autologous breast reconstruction and augmentation
Languages spoken: English
Clinical interests: Breast disorders including benign and non-benign cancer, Thyroid and Parathyroid disorders, and early diagnosis of cancers (particularly in different ethnic groups).
Languages spoken: English/Punjabi
