Breast skin changes

Borders Ref Help Toolkit
NHS Borders

Breast  Cancer accounts for 30% of cancers in woman and around 4,500 people are diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Scotland each year; approximately 25 of these are men.

USOC Referral should be made for:

  • Skin tethering
  • Fixation
  • Ulceration
  • Peau d’orange

(Details of other indications for Breast USOC referral can be found under pages for Nipple symptoms, Breast Lumps and Breast Abscess).

Please also see Breast Skin Changes, CsfD national pathway for further information.

 

Who to refer, who not to refer, how to refer

Who to refer:

Urgent Suspicion of Cancer Referral

  • Skin tethering
  • Fixation
  • Ulceration
  • Peau d’orange

Who not to refer:

  • Obvious simple skin lesions such as sebaceous cysts

How to refer:

  • Please refer via SCI Gateway to BGH

Borders General Hospital >> General Surgery – Breast >> LI Breast – Urgent

Resources and links

Sexual Health – HRT Further Info Incr Risk Breast Cancer MHRA

Breast Cancer at MacMillanorg.uk

Breast Cancer at Cancer Research Uk

Breast Cancer at Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer section of Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer

Breast Skin Changes (CsfD national pathway)

Editorial Information

Last reviewed: 15/08/2024

Next review date: 15/08/2025

Author(s): Dominique Twelves.

Author email(s): dominiquetwelves@borders.scot.nhs.uk.