Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 8th, 2005
"Opportunities to study the natural history of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are rare," stated investigators from the United States. "A few studies of incompletely excised lesions in the premammographic era now recognized as DCIS have provided critical insights into its proclivity for local recurrence in the original site."
According to M.E. Sanders and colleagues, "At the time the biopsies in the current study were originally examined, small DCIS was not diagnosed and, by default, these women were treated by biopsy only. The authors report the latest results from a...
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