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Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 20 10:00am | Replies (345)Comment receiving replies
@rarelybees2889 Gm... I heard and read somewhere the same thing you mention. But I don't think many (Me Included) would want to sit around and wait to see what happens. I also found out that, DCIS is non-invasive, but without treatment, the abnormal cells could progress to invasive cancer over time. Left untreated, it’s estimated 20-50 percent of DCIS cases may progress to invasive breast cancer. I would be trying to kick myself knowing I had the chance to have it removed, but instead waited for testing that could take maybe years while my cancer decides to spread slowly taken my life. Have a good day and stay safe
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@phillypeach515 & @rarelybees2889 ,
I have also read about the " wait and see monitor method" of DCIS. My DCIS was intermediate grade and once the pathology from my lumpectomy came back, it showed that I had 4 microinvasions. Which means that had I chose to not act on it, within the year it would have broken through my milk duct and I would have been stage 1. The microinvasions were already so close to breaking through that I must admit that scared me. In only 365 of my mammogram the DCIS developed, so had I waited even longer I'd be in a whole other conversation. My surgeon urged me to do a lymph node removal to be 100% sure nothing actually did break through and that she got it all. I was all for being 100% positive so I had my sentinal node removed to be tested as well.