Radiation is often given for DCIS, after lumpectomy. But that carries toxicity and risk, which is one of the reasons that some women choose, and some doctors recommend, mastectomy.

Women diagnosed with DCIS face a threefold higher risk of breast cancer mortality. Learn the warning signs, treatment options and monitoring strategies. ... For women who underwent lumpectomy, ...

The less-invasive option is a lumpectomy, in which a surgeon removes the area of DCIS as well as a little bit of the normal tissue around it, also referred to as a margin. The other option is a ...

Nuclear grade is determined by a pathologist following a biopsy and describes the size and shape of the nucleus in a DCIS cell. Women whose DCIS was discovered by a physical exam, as opposed to a ...

As doctors seek better understanding of DCIS, clinical trial focusing on surveillance enrolls affected breast cancer patients.

Long-Term Outcomes of Invasive Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrences After Lumpectomy in NSABP B-17 and B-24 Randomized Clinical Trials for DCIS. Journal of the National Cancer Institute , 2011 ...

RTOG 9804 (and subsequently NRG/RTOG 9804) evaluated the impact of post-lumpectomy RT in women with good-risk DCIS. The study included 636 patients enrolled from 1999 to 2006, randomized to ...

Women with DCIS receive same treatments as those with early-stage invasive cancer. Decisions about lumpectomy/mastectomy often based on mammography alone. Trial examines whether MRIs, which show ...

Currently, most cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are treated with the standard of lumpectomy plus radiotherapy. But is it all necessary with such a very low death rate at 20 years?

DCIS, known as stage 0 breast cancer, ... Surgery is typically a lumpectomy, where the tumor and a small amount of tissue are removed from the breast, Iyengar said.