Countercurrents: DCIS or Cancer? Why All the Confusion?
At present, women with ductal carcinoma in situ are counseled that they have a pre-malignant condition which carries the possibility of progression to a fully malignant breast cancer. However, in most cases, the treatment of DCIS resembles that of a small invasive breast cancer and this is a source...
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| description | At present, women with ductal carcinoma in situ are counseled that they have a pre-malignant condition which carries the possibility of progression to a fully malignant breast cancer. However, in most cases, the treatment of DCIS resembles that of a small invasive breast cancer and this is a source of confusion to many. In order to properly evaluate the benefit of radiotherapy, mastectomy and contralateral mastectomy, it is necessary to consider the risks of ipsilateral invasive cancer and of contralateral breast cancer in women with DCIS and with small invasive breast cancer. Several registry-based studies indicate that the risks of ipsilateral and contralateral cancer are similar in the two conditions and therefore a similar approach to treatment is rational. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3d4720274a34037a164a1674595a85f2023-12-01T22:02:55ZengMDPI AGCurrent Oncology1198-00521718-77292022-07-012974936494010.3390/curroncol29070392Countercurrents: DCIS or Cancer? Why All the Confusion?Steven A. Narod0Victoria Sopik1Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, CanadaWomen’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, CanadaAt present, women with ductal carcinoma in situ are counseled that they have a pre-malignant condition which carries the possibility of progression to a fully malignant breast cancer. However, in most cases, the treatment of DCIS resembles that of a small invasive breast cancer and this is a source of confusion to many. In order to properly evaluate the benefit of radiotherapy, mastectomy and contralateral mastectomy, it is necessary to consider the risks of ipsilateral invasive cancer and of contralateral breast cancer in women with DCIS and with small invasive breast cancer. Several registry-based studies indicate that the risks of ipsilateral and contralateral cancer are similar in the two conditions and therefore a similar approach to treatment is rational.https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/29/7/392DCISbreast cancermalignancy |
| spellingShingle | Steven A. Narod Victoria Sopik Countercurrents: DCIS or Cancer? Why All the Confusion? Current Oncology DCIS breast cancer malignancy |
| title | Countercurrents: DCIS or Cancer? Why All the Confusion? |
| title_full | Countercurrents: DCIS or Cancer? Why All the Confusion? |
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| title_short | Countercurrents: DCIS or Cancer? Why All the Confusion? |
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| topic | DCIS breast cancer malignancy |
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