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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Reasons why a doctor might suggest you have a mastectomy instead of a lumpectomy for DCIS include: The cancer covers a large area of the breast. The cancer is in more than one place.

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.

Have you ever heard about a cancer that is "in situ"? There's a reason why it's called that -- and why it's the kind of ...

Danielle Fishel shared her breast cancer diagnosis this week, revealing on Monday’s episode of her podcast, “Pod Meets World,” that she is being treated for ductal carcinoma in situ.