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Mr James Harvey

James Harvey has an interest in the clinical outcome of breast reconstruction surgery, in particular from the patient’s viewpoint. He also is involved in running surgical trials in breast cancer.

Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon

Nightingale and Genesis Prevention Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Southmoor Road
Manchester
M23 9LT

I am Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Nightingale Breast Unit at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester.

A randomised pilot study comparing 13 G vacuum-assisted biopsy and conventional 14 G core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes in women with breast cancer.

Maxwell AJ, Bundred NJ, Harvey J, Hunt R, Morris JK, Lim YY.

Clinical Radiology. 2016. 71:551–7.


Infection Prevention in Breast Implant Surgery – A Review of the Surgical Evidence Guidelines and a Checklist.

Barr S, Barnes N, Topps A, Henderson J, Hignett S, Harvey JR, Kirwan CC.

European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2016. 42(5):591-603


Current attitudes to breast reconstruction surgery for women at risk of post-mastectomy radiotherapy: A survey of UK breast surgeons.

P Duxbury, A Gandhi MD, CC Kirwan, JR Harvey.

Breast. 2015. 24(4):502-12.


Clinical and radiological presentation of pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in-situ and its association with invasive malignancy.

Jain Y, Morris K, Miles H, Kirwan CC, Harvey JR.

Cancer Treatment Communications. 2015. 4:113-116


A randomised pilot study comparing 13 G vacuum-assisted biopsy and conventional 14 G core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes in women with breast cancer.

Maxwell AJ, Bundred NJ, Harvey J, Hunt R, Morris JK, Lim YY.

Clinical Radiology. 2016. 71(6):551-7.


Oxford Handbook of Breast Disease Management

James Harvey, Sue Down, Rachel Bright-Thomas, John Winstanley, and Hugh Bishop

Oxford University Press


Current attitudes to breast reconstruction surgery for women at risk of post-mastectomy radiotherapy: A survey of UK breast surgeons.

Duxbury PJ, Gandhi A, Kirwan CC, Jain Y, Harvey JR.

Breast. 2015 Aug;24(4):502-12. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2015.05.002.


Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast: Can the evidence guide practice?

Pieri A, Harvey J, Bundred N.

World J Clin Oncol. 2014 Aug 10;5(3):546-53. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i3.546.


One-Stage Breast Reconstruction Using the Inferior Dermal Flap, Implant, and Free Nipple Graft

King IC, Harvey JR, Bhaskar P

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery January 30, 2014


Therapeutic mammaplasty - impact on the delivery of chemotherapy.

Harvey J, Henderson J, Patel L, Murphy J, Johnson R.

Int J Surg. 2014;12(5):51-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.10.013.


Size does matter: High volume breast surgeons accept smaller excision margins for wide local excision--a national survey of the surgical management of wide local excision margins in UK breast cancer patients.

Hassani A, Griffith C, Harvey J.

Breast. 2013 Oct;22(5):718-22. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.12.009.


The role of therapeutic mammoplasty in breast cancer surgery – a review.

Iwuchukwu OC, Harvey JR, Dordea M, Critchley AC, Drew PJ.

Surgical Oncology 2012


GPs have an important role in caring for women with early breast cancer.

Guidelines in Practice 2011


Synchronous gastric and colonic metastases of invasive lobular breast carcinoma: case report and review of the literature.

Critchley AC, Harvey J, Carr M, Iwuchukwu O.

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2011 Jul;93(5):e49-50. doi: 10.1308/147870811X582800.


Sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer surgery – Working with the risks of vital blue dye to reap the benefits.

White V, Harvey JR, Griffith CD, Youssef M, Carr M.

Eur J Surg Oncol. 2011 Feb;37(2):101-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.12.007.

We are currently investigating the Clinical Outcomes of Breast reconstruction from a patient’s viewpoint, with an interest in radiotherapy and breast reconstruction. The group is also involved in running the North West Surgical Trials Unit Breast Group and the North West Trainees Research Collaborative.