DCIS
Disease-Specific Survival High in DCIS Regardless of Type of Surgery
A review of a National Cancer Database special study suggests choosing locoregional surgical treatment does not ...
JULY 7, 2022
Women Willing to Accept Some Risks of DCIS to Avoid Invasive Therapy
Orlando, Fla.—While some patients are unwilling to accept any degree of breast cancer risk as a trade-off for ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Contralateral Risk For DCIS Patients Very Low
Las Vegas—The rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in women with ductal carcinoma in situ more than ...
JUNE 12, 2017
When Does DCIS Require Radiation Therapy?
Chicago—How should clinicians gauge whether to send patients for radiation therapy after breast-conserving ...
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Value of Hormone Receptor Tests on DCIS Core Biopsies Questioned
Results from automatic estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) tests on breast core needle biopsies ...
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Data Show Risk of Watch-and-Wait Approach to DCIS
In the past couple of years, the risk of overtreating patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with surgery ...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
