A biosignature tool helps women avoid unnecessary radiotherapy after undergoing lumpectomy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ― and also identifies women who need more intense treatment. The ...

Lumpectomy plus radiotherapy is associated with a statistically significant reduced risk for breast cancer–related death compared with either lumpectomy or mastectomy alone in women with ductal ...

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Sandie Walters’ breast cancer was diagnosed in 2007 during a routine screening mammogram, and soon after, the 58-year-old Grand Rapids, Mich., woman was sitting in a surgeon’s office. His ...

Patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are often treated with radiation after lumpectomy, although it has remained unclear whether this can reduce the risk of dying from this noninvasive form ...

Bottom Line: Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone in women with ductal carcinoma ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- When a woman gets a mammogram, doctors may see something that doesn’t look right. She could end up having a lumpectomy or a mastectomy without ever being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Women with ductal carcinoma in situ -- DCIS -- who later develop invasive breast cancer in the same breast are at higher risk of dying from breast cancer than those who do not develop invasive disease ...

The number of women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, abnormal cells that sometimes become breast cancer, has soared since the 1970s. That's mostly because more women have been getting ...

Doctors may be able to spare patients unnecessarily aggressive breast cancer treatments by collecting and testing cancer ...

In women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lumpectomy plus radiation was linked with a small clinical benefit in lowered risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone, ...