If you’re diagnosed with cancer, asking which stage is likely one of your first questions. Stage 1 is the earliest, most ...

When 45-year-old Kim Burris was recovering from breast reduction surgery at home in Chapel Hill, she received a call that ...

Those aren’t words you want to hear from your doctor, especially when he’s called to report the results of a biopsy. I scrambled to find a quiet corner and my head began to throb as I listened. Ductal ...

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 ...

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Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are frequently confused about the diagnosis, unclear about whether it is cancer or not, and have lingering concerns about how and why they chose to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover cancer science, treatments and attitudes. What’s controversial about DCIS is whether or not it should be considered ...

May 28, 2009 — Cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that overexpress the protein HER2/neu are much more likely to develop into invasive breast cancer than DCIS without the overexpression, ...

—Breast cancer experts have been in a tumult in recent years over something called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). These lesions, usually very small, are starting to emerge more frequently in ...

A retrospective study found that the 313-SNP breast cancer polygenic risk score (PRS313) blood test could predict future ...

Patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are often treated with radiation after lumpectomy, although it has remained unclear whether this can reduce the risk of dying from this noninvasive form ...

Evidence of this problem is the fact that DCIS was estimated to comprise 16% of breast cancer diagnoses between 2012 and 2016, but more recent estimates place the incidence between 20% and 25%. Also, ...