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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abbreviations: NSABP, National Surgical Breast and Bowel Program; PMH, Princess Margaret Hospital; ABCSG, Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group; CALGB, Cancer and Leukemia Group B; GBSG, ...

Adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) for good-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) reduced long-term ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBR) by more than 50% compared with observation, results of a large ...

Breast-conserving surgery plus radiation therapy (RT) could be a treatment option for selected patients with extensive, pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to a retrospective study. Among ...

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 ...

PAM50 HER2-enriched (HER2E) phenotype as a predictor of early-response to neoadjuvant lapatinib plus trastuzumab in stage I to IIIA HER2-positive breast cancer. Background: A significant amount of ...

Hamburg, Germany: Women who have a type of early breast cancer that is confined to the milk ducts have an equally good chance of successful recovery if the cancer recurs, regardless of how they were ...

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 ...

A long-term follow up analysis of the NRG-RTOG 9804 randomized trial has shown that breast radiation following lumpectomy significantly reduces incidence of ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBR) for ...

Ductal carcinoma in situ often doesn't turn into breast cancer, but most women have surgery for it. The trend is for less invasive surgery, which... The number of women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma ...