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Breast Cancer
Untreated low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ poses long-term risk
June 2nd, 2005
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast develops into invasive breast cancer (IBC) in approximately 50% of women if left untreated, with the risk extending over more than 40 years, researchers report. Their study, a 4-decade long follow-up of women with low-grade DCIS treated by biopsy alone from 1950-1968, reveals the natural history of this poorly understood breast cancer and supports curative treatment by surgical excision. It was published online May 9, 2005, (www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom), and will be in the June 15, 2005, print edition of Cancer. In the decades prior to mammographic screening, DCIS - presented as a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-02)
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