Ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, accounts for up to 25% of diagnosed breast cancers ... “If these results hold up over time, most patients who have this type of low-risk disease will have the option ...
The first study comparing surgery to active monitoring as treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) finds women who carefully monitor the precancerous cells are no more likely to develop breast ...
NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Some women with the earliest stages of breast cancer could be carefully monitored, undergoing surgery and radiation only if the disease advances, new data suggested.
Among patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative, low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), those who underwent active monitoring had similar two-year invasive ipsilateral breast ...