Cancerbackup would like to thank the following people for their help in preparing this document:
Dr Stephen Johnston, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, Professor R E Coleman, Professor of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, Mr Michael Dixon, Consultant Breast Surgeon / Senior Lecturer In Surgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, and the members of Cancerbackups Clinical Advisory Board.
Written by Sue Green, Cancerbackup Senior Nurse
July 2006