More intensive treatment of DCIS reduces the risk of invasive breast cancer
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Breast cancer screening with mammography or other tools (such as MRI) has increased the rates of diagnosis of very early breast…
Breast cancer screening with mammography or other tools (such as MRI) has increased the rates of diagnosis of very early breast…
The most common type of non-invasive breast cancer is called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Traditionally, DCIS is diagnosed…
Early detectionIs Stage 0 breast cancer over-treated?Approximately 20 percent of new breast cancer diagnoses are ductal…
By Dalia Deak This week, a JAMA Oncology article made a splash when it intensified discussion around what ductal carcinoma in…
Last week a paper in JAMA received wide attention from the media, including some decent coverage from Gina Kolata from NYT…
DCIS: Time to Change Our Standard of Care? BY CYNTHIA X. MA, MD, PHD Associate Professor of Medicine Clinical…
DCIS: Time to Change Our Standard of Care? BY CYNTHIA X. MA, MD, PHD Associate Professor of Medicine Clinical…
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Women who are diagnosed with a condition called ductal carcinoma in situ generally have a low risk of dying from breast cancer…
A new study has found that women who develop Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) have less chances of dying from breast cancer. It…
I’ve written more times than I can remember about the phenomenon of overdiagnosis and the phenomenon that is linked at the hip…
It has been said that with knowledge comes understanding. A research paper and editorial published in this week's issue of JAMA…
This is an observational study only, and it doesn't completely answer the question, but this analysis in JAMA Oncology…
I’ve written more times than I can remember about the phenomenon of overdiagnosis and the phenomenon that is linked at the hip…
‘We’re not suggesting a do-nothing, wait-and-see approach,’ says lead researcher in study of more than 100,000 women with…