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.

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 ...

A biosignature tool helps women avoid unnecessary radiotherapy after undergoing lumpectomy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ― and also identifies women who need more intense treatment. The ...

The hormone therapy tamoxifen can keep cancer from recurring in women with DCIS Tamoxifen following lumpectomy reduced risk of recurrence 44% to 51% Tamoxifen blocks estrogen receptors in cancer cells ...

Donna Pinto began getting mammograms at age 40 because her grandmother died of breast cancer at 50. In 2010, a suspicious mammogram led Pinto, then 44, to a needle biopsy in her right breast. The ...

Actress 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 (DCIS).

Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Immunotherapy Toxicity Monitoring Program for Patients Receiving Ipilimumab for Metastatic Melanoma Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a nonobligate precursor of breast ...

For women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the risk of dying of breast cancer was three times higher than among women in the general population, according to findings from a large ...

Women often are told it’s the earliest form of breast cancer, but it acts more like pre-cancer — a growth in the milk ducts called DCIS. Diagnosed in over 55,000 women a year, it’s vexing to treat. A ...

Html code here! Replace this with any non empty text and that's it. A. It rarely presents as a lump you can feel. Typically, DCIS is detected by a screening mammogram as a cluster of calcifications ...