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Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 20 10:00am | Replies (345)

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I was diagnosed with DCIS No invasive cancer low to medium grade DCIS In January couldn’t clear margins and went for another surgery to clear.
The surgeon didn’t clear margins. I had a second opinion after my first surgery and the surgeon said she would have never suggested surgery. My calcifications hadn’t changed in 5 years. She didn’t recommend any estrogen blockers. Mammograms will always pick up calcification which I have. She suggested ultrasound which will pick up invasive cancer. I changed my diet, vegetables, less meat, juicing , soy milk, exercise, green tea, and fasting.

The original surgeon won’t give me an ultrasound without a mammogram.
I prefer not to get a mammogram because I know the results calcification.

Going to get a Sonocine ultrasound which scans the whole breast not just one area. It will pick up 3 mm invasive cancer

Why treat DCIS like cancer it may never turn into cancer?

I have done a lot of research since my diagnosis and decided to wait before I have another surgery and take estrogen blockers

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Yes I am also waiting- got a nutrition referral-genetic testing-pending and that’s that - time to get on with it instead of mentally anguishing for the what if

I understand your anguish. I have had my third surgery for DCIS. Intermediate grade. First two surgeries could not get a clear margin. Waiting 3 weeks for the path report on this last surgery. I am also very confused on the treatment of this. The first surgeon told me it will definitely turn into an invasive cancer. How does he know that? The surgeries were not bad and I did prefer removing it rather than working about it being there, but three surgeries!

According to the Mayo Clinic DCIS IS cancer. "Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is the presence of abnormal cells inside a milk duct in the breast.
DCIS is considered the earliest form of breast cancer. DCIS is noninvasive, meaning it hasn't spread out of the milk duct and has a low risk of becoming invasive." Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dcis/symptoms-causes/syc-20371889