DEATH RISKS FOR WOMEN TREATED FOR DCIS AS HIGH AS OF THOSE WHO HAVEN*T BEEN TREATED

DEATH RISKS FOR WOMEN TREATED FOR DCIS AS HIGH AS OF THOSE WHO HAVEN*T BEEN TREATED

  ~!~ More than 60% of all women over 40 in the United States have had a mammogram in the past two years// About 20% of them have been detected with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as Stage 0 breast cancer// Now researchers said that a women having DCIS does not mean she has breast cancer//  (ukcanadaus)

~!~ The American Cancer Society said in a statement that more than 60,000 cases of DCIS are diagnosed every year in the United States, but this does not mean that a woman with DCIS has a breast cancer// (ukcanadaus)

~!~ As per experts, DCIS are abnormal cells found inside the milk ducts of the breast// They can look like invasive breast cancer cells, but they haven*t spread into the breast tissue// Usually there are three way doctors treat DCIS// First is with a lumpectomy, removing the masses themselves, second method is lumpectomy and radiation, and the third is removing the breast altogether with a mastectomy//  (ukcanadaus)

~!~ Dr// Steven Narod, of the Women*s College Research Institute in Toronto, and his colleagues said the results showed that women treated with DCIS had a same chance of dying from breast cancer as those who had never been diagnosed// (ukcanadaus)