The Mauri Ora Breast Clinic
The Breast Service at NDHB is an integrated multidisciplinary clinic.
The services we offer are:
Screening Services:
- BreastScreen Aotearoa. Referral to this service remains via the pre-printed registration form faxed to (09) 484 0201 or phone 0800 270 200. Screening is performed Monday to Thursday. Women recalled for assessment will be offered appointments on a Thursday.
- Personal History/Family History. NDHB funded mammography offered Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
Non-Screening Services:
- Diagnostic Mammography. Offered on Wednesday mornings.
- Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound Guided Biopsies. Alternate Tuesday mornings.
- Stereotactic Biopsies. Offered Wednesday mornings.
- Multidisciplinary Triple-Assessment Breast Clinic. Offered Friday mornings.
- General Surgical Breast Clinics. Alternate weeks Monday-Thursday.
- Radiation Oncology Specialists. Specialists from Auckland visit weekly. These specialists provide their service from the Medical Outpatient Department (MOPC) in the main hospital.
- Medical Oncology Specialists. Specialists from Auckland visit weekly. These specialists provide their service from the Medical Outpatient Department (MOPC) in the main hospital.
- Plastic Surgery Services. Mr David Crabb visits six-weekly on Wednesday mornings.
Staff
Consultants - see below.
| Clinical Nurse Specialist | Lisa Norris |
| BreastScreen Breast Care Nurse | Lynda King |
| Grade Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) | Megan Kilpatrick |
| Manager (BreastScreen Northland / Mauri Ora Breast Clinic) | Barbara Miller |
Breast Disorders
Breast disorders may be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant) and range from conditions that require no treatment to those that require immediate and major surgery.
Common symptoms of breast disorders include breast pain, lumps and nipple discharge. Investigation of these symptoms by mammography and/or ultrasound may be all that is required for diagnosis but sometimes a needle biopsy may be necessary. This involves inserting a needle into an area of the breast that has been numbed by local anaesthetic and the removal of a small amount of tissue for examination under a microscope.
Breast disorders include:
• fibrocystic disease – benign changes in the breast tissue causes it to become dense or “lumpy”
• fibroadenomas – benign tumours of the breast tissue
• cysts – fluid-filled sacs
• breast infections
• breast cancer.
Many of these conditions do not require surgery and we will work with other specialists to find out the best treatment plan for you.
