The Leeds Breast Unit is a large regional breast centre, seeing 10,000 patients each year. We:
- Treat women and men with breast cancer – about 600 a year
- Treat women and men with benign (not cancer) breast diseases
- Carry out family history screening
- Follow patients up
- Carry out risk reducing surgery
- Treat men with male breast problems
- Treat women with breast asymmetry and congenital (from birth) breast abnormalities
Whatever your breast problem, we always plan your treatment options with other the professionals in the Breast Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to ensure the best outcome for you.
The Breast Multidisciplinary Team
The Breast Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) is where a group of healthcare professionals who are specialists in the field of breast disease, meet on a weekly basis to discuss the patients in our care. We make decisions to create individual treatment plans around you and your disease type. We use a combination of our knowledge of you, evidence based medicine and the multidisciplinary expertise within the meeting. The outcome aims are to achieve the highest possible standards in breast cancer treatment.
Core Members of the MDT:
- Consultant Surgeons
- Consultant Oncologists (radiotherapy and chemotherapy doctors)
- Consultant Radiologists (x-ray doctors)
- Consultant Histopathologists (doctors who analyse tissue samples)
- Breast Care Nurse Specialists
- Specialist Research Nurses
- Breast Radiographers
- MDT Co-ordinators
All discussions at the MDT are documented in your medical notes and the electronic patient record called “Patient Pathway Manager” (PPM). The outcome will be discussed with you at your next clinic appointment. Your treatment journey is about you and we encourage you to ask questions and voice any concerns at every point in the treatment pathway.