Breast pain is experienced by many women at some point in their lives. It can cause anxiety and some people may be concerned they have breast cancer.
According to the NICE NG12 guidelines, in the absence of associated red flag symptoms (i.e. lump or skin changes) breast pain alone is unlikely to be a symptom of cancer. It can often be managed in primary care and should not be automatically referred on an urgent suspected cancer pathway.
The cancer alliance has worked with clinicians and breast cancer charities, Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel!, to provide guidance and resources for primary care health professionals to aid conversations with people about breast pain and to support decision making.
The breast pain toolkit includes: 
- Red flag signs and symptoms
- Top tips for managing breast pain in primary care
- Resources to support your patients
Breast pain: does this need an urgent suspected cancer referral?
This webinar was held on 18 April, 2023. You can watch the recording here. Just click the button below. The webinar includes:
- an introduction to breast pain, plus red flag signs and symptoms of breast cancer (find at 4:10)
- how to optimise a patient assessment (find at 15:13)
- patient case scenarios (find at 18:12)
- support for patients and primary care from Breast Cancer Now (find at 38:26)
- treatments for breast pain (find at 53:02)