Patient guides
Breast Health Resources
Choose a guide to prepare for your visit, understand your report or learn about a recommended procedure. Each guide explains common questions and helps you prepare for a discussion with your treating team.
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Choose a guide for your next step
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Preparing for Breast Imaging
A guide to organising records and preparing for your planned visit.
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Understanding BI-RADS
An introduction to breast imaging report terminology and the questions it can raise.
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Dense Breasts
Information about breast density and its context in breast imaging.
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Screening & Diagnosis
Explore screening, symptom assessment and the steps that can follow an examination.
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FNAC vs Core Biopsy
A guide to the differences between cell sampling and tissue sampling.
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Patients from Across India
Practical points to discuss when arranging an outstation visit.
Find information for your next step
Before your visit: use the preparation and travel guides to plan your records and arrangements.
Your report: read about BI-RADS and breast density to prepare questions for your clinician.
Procedures: compare FNAC and core biopsy, or explore the service guides for the examination you have been advised to have.
Using patient information
Read the information in the context of your own referral and the advice given by your clinician. Write down unfamiliar terms or questions so you can discuss them during the visit.
Where a guide displays a review date, that date describes the review of its content; it is not the date of your report or a recommendation about when you need another examination.
Explore your planned examination
The services hub connects you to the available mammography, ultrasound, sampling and localisation information. For visit arrangements, use the contact page.
Breast imaging and procedures