Early results from a clinical trial appear to confirm that most women with the precancerous breast condition known as ductal ...

Women who received tamoxifen had an 11% risk of cancer recurring in the breast with DCIS, compared to 19% for women who ...

Women with Stage 0 breast cancer who got biannual mammograms and delayed surgery for two years fared as well as those who got immediate surgery.

A woman with DCIS is typically treated with breast conserving surgery, or lumpectomy, where the surgeon removes the tumor ...

The 2-year cumulative rate of invasive cancer in the same breast was 4.2% with active monitoring and 5.9% with ...

B reast cancer is not a single disease but multiple ones, each carrying varying degrees of risk for endangering women’s ...

Watchful waiting appears to serve women with DCIS just as well as going ahead with surgery Women in active surveillance had ...

SAN ANTONIO — A large trial has begun to make the case for active surveillance as an alternative to immediate surgery for low ...

DCIS, known as stage 0 breast cancer, affect the cells lining the milk ducts but has not spread outside the breast.

Women report similar quality of life whether they received active surveillance or surgery for low-risk ductal carcinoma ...

Patients with low-risk DCIS were randomized to receive either guideline-concordant care or active monitoring and surveyed ...

When adjusting for lesion size and grade, tamoxifen after surgery decreased the risk of recurrence in the same breast.