A major study of women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - a breast condition that can become invasive cancer - has shown that surgery to remove the tissue followed by radiotherapy offers better ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Active monitoring for low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) did not lead to a higher rate of ipsilateral invasive cancer versus guideline-recommended treatment, the randomized COMET ...

Sandie Walters’ breast cancer was diagnosed in 2007 during a routine screening mammogram, and soon after, the 58-year-old Grand Rapids, Mich., woman was sitting in a surgeon’s office. His ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- When a woman gets a mammogram, doctors may see something that doesn’t look right. She could end up having a lumpectomy or a mastectomy without ever being diagnosed with breast cancer.

The chance that a case of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) will recur locally in 10 years — either as DCIS or invasive cancer — might depend on the quality of the surgical procedure, new research ...

(HealthDay News) — Surgery for low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) does not significantly improve outcomes for patients, according to research that raises questions about the overuse of surgery ...

Treating ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - a breast condition that can become invasive cancer with surgery and radiotherapy lowers cancer risk, stated new research. In women with ductal carcinoma in ...

CHICAGO — Surgical management of ductal carcinoma in situ improved survival outcomes compared with non-operative management among patients with high-grade disease but not among those with low-grade ...

In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012, file photo, a radiologist compares an image from earlier, 2-D technology mammogram to the new 3-D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis mammography in Wichita Falls, Texas. The ...

What to do about the non-invasive breast lesions called ductal carcinoma in situ, or "stage zero" cancer, is one of the hottest debates in breast cancer care. Because of more widespread screening, ...

What to do about the non-invasive breast lesions called ductal carcinoma in situ, or "stage zero" cancer, is one of the hottest debates in breast cancer care. Because of more widespread screening, ...

When Eileen Conn was given a mastectomy after a routine mammogram eight years ago, she felt so unhappy about it that she has since refused to have any more breast scans. It's not that the 67-year-old ...