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In situ is Non-infiltrating , Non-invasive. If cancer cells are outside the ducts then by definition it’s not ‘in-situ’. I don’t believe cancer can be a ‘little’ bit invasive. I know we want to believe that but using incorrect diagnosis is not fair to patient. I k ow things aren’t clear cut but how far from the duct do the cancers have to be to be considered stage 1A? Just askin’ because this type of information gets generated and picked up by others & then becomes the way of thinking. It’s not helping the patient by sugar coating & I k ow we all want to hear the lesser diagnosis. God Bless you all.

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I can only say the post-surgery biopsy of the tumor excised from me was described as DCIS-invasive. I agree it sounds like a contradiction in terms so maybe it's a sub-category that identifies the tumor location (and type, DCIS being the most common type of first-event breast cancer) and the fact that 'invasive' was the variable that made it a Stage 1A. Otherwise the size of the tumor would have made it a Stage 0. It was good news that it was so small with no lymph node involvement. Though I'd far rather there wasn't anything there to be found by a mammo in the first place...