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Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?
I was diagnosed with DCIS. I have to go in for a breast MRI with contrast tomorrow to see how active the cancer is. If it’s contained and not very active, do I have to have a lumpectomy?
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There are also other thoughts on DCIS. I suggest reading this and talking to your doctors about it. It is a review in Nature, which is one of the most highly respected publications on the planet.
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Published: 09 July 2019
Ductal carcinoma in situ: to treat or not to treat, that is the question
Maartje van Seijen, Esther H. Lips, Alastair M. Thompson, Serena Nik-Zainal, Andrew Futreal, E. Shelley Hwang, Ellen Verschuur, Joanna Lane, Jos Jonkers, Daniel W. Rea & Jelle Wesseling on behalf of the PRECISION team