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New Guidelines Offer Distinct Algorithm for Inflammatory Breast Cancer  -  Mar 20, 2008
Medscape (subscription)The new guideline states that whole breast radiation therapy after a lumpectomy reduces recurrence rates in ductal carcinoma in situ by approximately 50%.

No Radiation Following Lumpectomy for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
DG News...treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) according to the Breast Cancer Guidelines Committee of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).

Fear itself  -  Mar 9, 2008
Boston Globe,Diagnosis: ductal carcinoma in situ, a condition confined to breast ducts and marked by unchecked growth of cells. She sat on the exam table.

COX-2 Expression Is Marker For Cancer Development In Some Benign ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Science Daily (press release)COX-2 is a form of COX that is not usually found in normal tissues but which has been associated with several cancers, including ductal carcinoma in situ

Bladder Preservation or Initial Cystectomy in T1G3 Bladder Cancer ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
UroToday,We present a study analysing the influence of the risk factors multifocality, tumour diameter >/= 3 cm and associated carcinoma in situ (Cis) on the outcome

RadNet Announces Its Entry into Comprehensive Breast Disease ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Business Wire (press release),In addition, carcinoma in situ (CIS), the earliest form of breast cancer, will account for about 67770 new cases in 2008. â€œThe continuum of care for breast

Breast cancer in Tunisia in 2004 : a comparative clinical and ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Bulletin du Cancer (Abonnement),Non invasive carcinoma represents 2.5% only (35 patients), with 94.3% ductal carcinoma in situ and 5.7% lobular carcinoma in situ.

SPMSD release: Gardasil  -  Mar 7, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),...vulvar carcinoma in situ increased by 400% in the United States between 1973 and 2000; invasive vulvar cancer increased by 20% during the same period.

Bioinformatic Identification of FGF, p38-MAPK, and Calcium ...  -  Mar 2, 2008
UroToday,Carcinoma in situ (CIS) is believed to be a precursor of invasive bladder cancer. Identification of CIS is a valuable prognostic factor since radical

Presumed Pluripotency Markers UTF-1 and REX-1 are Expressed in ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
UroToday,Both UTF-1 and REX-1 were expressed in testicular carcinoma in situ and in TGCT. Contrarily to REX-1, UTF-1 was expressed in all spermatocytic seminomas.

MRIs Used More Often for Early Detection  -  Feb 25, 2008
RedOrbit,He described one patient diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer confined to the milk ducts, or ductal carcinoma in situ. She had an MRI before a scheduled

Balloon-Catheter Brachytherapy an Alternative to Whole-Breast ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
DG NewsIn the study, 217 patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and/or invasive T1-T2 breast cancer were treated with BCB following lumpectomy.

Breast cancer gene carriers need dual screening  -  Feb 26, 2008
Canada.com,...resonance imaging was better than standard mammograms, a type of X-ray, at detecting a nonmalignant tumor called ductal carcinoma in-situ, or DCIS.

Three Year Analysis of Treatment Efficacy, Cosmesis, and Toxicity ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
FOXBusinessOf the total, 87 percent of the patients had invasive breast cancer and 13 percent had been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

My cancer diary  -  Mar 13, 2008
Health24.com,Itâ€™s officially called ductal carcinoma in situ which is sometimes referred to as â€œpre-cancerâ€? as the malignant cells havenâ€™t broken through the ductal

Pummeling breast cancer, part three  -  Feb 26, 2008
Morganton News Herald,Here is found carcinoma-in-situ - malignant-appearing cells which still maintain reasonable tissue architecture, have gone nowhere, but which are clearly

Double Mastectomy choice  -  Mar 5, 2008
WHOI,...cancer in several first-degree relatives or across several generations and (3) women with high risk breast conditions, like lobular carcinoma in situ.

Tests for breast cancer  -  Feb 26, 2008
Gather.com,...by dividing cells â€” that signal the presence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a form of early breast cancer that's still confined to the milk ducts.

MammoSiteÂ® Shows Promise for Early-stage Breast Cancer Treatment  -  Feb 25, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Of the 1440 women, 1255 had invasive breast cancer with an average tumor size of 10mm; 194 women had ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

ACS cancer report 2008: cancer incidence on the decline, mortality ...  -  20 Feb 2008
Food Consumer,About 1437180 new cancer cases are to be diagnosed in 2008 and this figure does not include carcinoma in situ or noninvasive cancer of any site except

Half-Million Cancer Deaths Averted Since 1990 but Half-Million ...  -  20 Feb 2008
MedPage Today,...cancer burden will comprise 1.44 million new cases, excluding basal- and squamous-cell skin cancer and carcinoma in situ for all sites except bladder.

Patients overestimate chances of cancer returning  -  Feb 12, 2008
Boston Globe,A survey of nearly 500 women who had been treated for ductal carcinoma in-situ found that more than half believed they had at least a "moderate likelihood"

MammoSiteÂ® Shows Promise for Early-stage Breast Cancer Treatment  -  Feb 19, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Of the 1440 women, 1255 had invasive breast cancer with an average tumor size of 10mm; 194 women had ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), an early form of

Oncology Drug Development Update - Molecular Profiling Redefines ...  -  Feb 19, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Other classifications include inflammatory breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ. Different treatment strategies are in development for each of these

Women with DCIS Breast Cancer Uncertain About Risk of Recurrence  -  Feb 15, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the earliest stage of breast cancer, tend to have inaccurate views on their risks of recurrence

Genomic Health Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 ...  -  Feb 6, 2008
FOXBusinessAnnounced plans to investigate the utility of Oncotype DX in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a pre-invasive form of breast cancer that

Patients, Doctors Overrate DCIS Risk  -  Feb 12, 2008
WebMDDCIS is ductal carcinoma in situ. The "carcinoma" part is truly scary. Just as it sounds, it means cancer. But the "in situ" part is every bit as important.

Fears of Recurrence Linked to Anxiety After DCIS Diagnosis  -  Feb 12, 2008
MedPage Today,12 -- Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) often overestimate their future breast cancer risk, researchers found. Note that women frequently

DCIS patients overestimate breast cancer risks  -  Feb 13, 2008
Hindu,Many women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have inaccurate perceptions of their breast cancer risks, according to a study published online

Precancerous Breast Lesions Cause Unnecessary Worry  -  Feb 12, 2008
Washington Post,12 (HealthDay News) -- Many women diagnosed with a precancerous breast lesion known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are highly anxious about their

Some breast cancer websites inaccurate study finds  -  Feb 10, 2008
Canada.com,...resonance imaging was better than standard mammograms, a type of X-ray, at detecting a nonmalignant tumor called ductal carcinoma in-situ, or DCIS.

New Web Site Arms Women With Information To Fight Breast Cancer  -  Jan 29, 2008
North American Press Syndicate,...invasive ductal carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and ductal carcinoma in situ, as well as the breast condition, lobular carcinoma in situ.

Cells require detection, treatment  -  Feb 3, 2008
Daytona Beach News-Journal,I had an abnormal mammogram and a biopsy was done that showed ductal carcinoma in situ. Is this cancer and what should be done? Ductal carcinoma in situ

Woman survives disease, now wants to help others  -  Feb 15, 2008
Quincy Herald Whig,A year before that, she had an abnormal mammogram and was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in-situ, a cancer that does not spread outside the duct into the

Excess worry over precancerous lesions  -  Feb 13, 2008
abc7.com,Experts studied 500 women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ. They found 28 percent of the women believed they had a moderate or greater chance those

Beyond the Abstract - Testicular Microlithiasis as a Familial Risk ...  -  Jan 21, 2008
UroToday,In patients with a history of infertility, bilateral TM has been associated with the presence of pre-invasive carcinoma in situ (CIS), a lesion that is

Breast MRI prior to breast-conserving treatment does not improve ...  -  Feb 7, 2008
Medicexchange,...of BCT in women who have received radiation therapy for early-stage invasive breast carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ, according to a recent study.

DCIS breast cancer patients 'overestimate risk'  -  Feb 14, 2008
Cancer Research UK - News & Resources,Many women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) overestimate their risk of recurrence or dying from the disease, often as a result of

Breast cancer tools  -  Jan 24, 2008
Richmond Times Dispatch,He described one patient diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer confined to the milk ducts, or ductal carcinoma in situ. She had an MRI before a scheduled

Early-stage breast cancer causes disproportionate worry: study  -  Feb 13, 2008
CBC.ca,Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, an early form of breast cancer, tend to overestimate their risk of recurrence, even though the prognosis is

Anxiety and Treatment Options Following DCIS  -  Feb 12, 2008
Cancerpage.com,2008) - One in five American women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 was diagnosed with what's called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

The Call-Back  -  Jan 22, 2008
NewsweekNational Cancer Institute, because there are often small calcium deposits in cancers, particularly in the noninvasive ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS.

DCIS patients overestimate breast cancer risks  -  Feb 13, 2008
Newindpress,...suggested that has also suggested that many women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have wrong perceptions of their breast cancer risks.

Risk Of Breast Cancer Type Spreading Overestimated  -  Feb 12, 2008
Boston Channel.com,One in five breast cancers is located in a women's milk ducts, a form known as ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. "Although DCIS typically is very treatable

Genomic Health's Q4 Revenues Soar on Strong Adoption of Oncotype DX  -  Feb 7, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),He said the company also plans to begin clinical studies this year that will investigate the use of Oncotype DX in women with ductal carcinoma in situ.

Wendy Ann Satmary, MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Woodland ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
AAFP News NowSquamous cell carcinoma in situ arising within lichen planus of the vulva. Dermatol Surg. 1995;21(10):890-894. 19. Derrick EK, Ridley CM, Kobza-Black A,

Genomic Health Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 ...  -  Feb 6, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),...with node-positive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS," said Kim Popovits, President and Chief Operating Officer of Genomic Health.

Presence of highly motile cells may guide treatment decisions in ...  -  Jan 27, 2008
TopCancerNews.com,These tumors are known as DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ). The standard treatment for DCIS is lumpectomy, the surgical removal of the tumor and surrounding

'It does happen to men'  -  Feb 2, 2008
Roanoke Times,It was ductal carcinoma in situ, a noninvasive form. He scheduled a mastectomy at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital. As a man, he said, he knew he wouldn't

Viventia Biotech to Explore Strategic Alternatives - Reports ...  -  Jan 29, 2008
ITNews,...refractory carcinoma in situ, the most aggressive form of non-invasive bladder cancer, and are unresponsive to standard therapy with BCG.

Cervical cancer is January's focus  -  Jan 28, 2008
News Dispatch,Some researchers estimate that non-invasive cervical cancer (carcinoma in situ) is about four times more common than invasive cervical cancer.

At your service: a close cause  -  Jan 25, 2008
Roanoke Times,The biopsy indicated ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a noninvasive form of breast cancer that can progress to invasive cancer if not treated.

Dental practices â€˜could screen for breast cancerâ€™  -  Feb 4, 2008
ArabianBusiness.com,...including 10 women with malignant tumours, 10 with pre-cancerous cells known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and 10 healthy volunteers.

Most General Surgeons Do Not Discuss Reconstruction Before Breast ...  -  Dec 26, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Enrollment criteria were age up to 79 years; all cases of ductal carcinoma in situ; approximately 20% of patients with invasive disease; stage I, II,

NATIONAL NEWS RECAP  -  Dec 23, 2007
Chicago Tribune,A study reported that the group had discovered a molecular profile that can distinguish potentially lethal cases of ductal carcinoma in situ from ones that

Indevus Receives Non-Approvable Letter From FDA for VALSTAR(TM)  -  Dec 19, 2007
CNNMoney.comVALSTAR is indicated for intravesical therapy of BCG-refractory carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder in patients for whom immediate cystectomy

Pink Pajama Fund reaches funding goal  -  Dec 20, 2007
McPherson Sentinel,Of these, approximately 85 percent will be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Early detection of breast cancer can save lives and increase treatment options

Report optimistic on new cancer treatments  -  Dec 25, 2007
Washington Times,The ASCO report noted that one study found that MRIs are significantly more sensitive than mammography in detecting ductal carcinoma in situ, a precancerous

Elastography for Breast Cancer Detection Appears to Get ...  -  Dec 3, 2007
DG NewsDuctal carcinoma in situ and hyperplasia were classified as malignancies. There were 413 biopsy-proven lesions among the women studied, Dr. Barr said,

Boosting Radiation to the Breast Prevents Recurrence in Young Women  -  Nov 30, 2007
Abkhazia,All patients had invasive tumor with or without accompanying ductal carcinoma in situ evaluated. The researchers found that the largest risk factor for

New Study Data Supports PreMD's Breast Cancer Detection Technology  -  Dec 17, 2007
CNNMoney.comThis study extends these findings to include patients without breast cancer and patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). "The data presented from this

Indevus Receives Nonapprovable Letter for Valstar  -  Dec 20, 2007
FDA news (subscription),The FDA issued a nonapprovable letter for Indevus Pharmaceuticalsâ€™ Valstar, a treatment for bacillus Calmette-Guerin-refractory carcinoma in situ of the

Key breast cancer finding  -  Dec 16, 2007
Chicago Tribune,...a molecular profile that can distinguish potentially lethal cases of DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) from ones that will never become life-threatening.

She's In It To Win It  -  Dec 16, 2007
Tampa Tribune,In July, Roberts discovered a lump on her breast that proved to be ductal carcinoma in situ, a non-invasive form of cancer. She told her family and friends

Belinda Stronach on staying strong: 'I wasn't expecting to face ...  -  Dec 6, 2007
Globe and Mail,...that she would not seek re-election, she was also dealing with a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ, a form of breast cancer, in her right breast.

Asia Life Malaysia launches cancer insurance scheme  -  Dec 20, 2007
Borneo Bulletin,Members diagnosed with "gender specific carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be insured the sum of RM45,000. While those diagnosed after six month with stage one

Early results show promise in reducing side effects from anastrozole  -  Dec 13, 2007
Cancer Research UK - News & Resources,IBIS-2 DCIS will recruit 4000 postmenopausal women who have been diagnosed with and had surgery to remove DCIS (Ductal carcinoma in situ).

Naviscan's PEM Flex(TM) Scanner Shows Promising New Data in Breast ...  -  Dec 13, 2007
Earthtimes,We were pleased to find PEM demonstrated 93% sensitivity with ductal carcinoma in-situ cases and PEM also proved to be as sensitive as MRI in detecting

Addition of Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Finds More Breast Cancers ...  -  Dec 3, 2007
DG NewsInvasive ductal carcinoma was found in 26 cases; ductal carcinoma in situ was diagnosed in five cases. "Three of the 39 patients had treatment plans that

Indevus Pharma Says It Received Non-approvable Letter For VALSTAR ...  -  Dec 19, 2007
RTT News,VALSTAR is the only product approved by the FDA for therapy of bacillus Calmette- Guerin-refractory carcinoma in situ of the urinary bladder.

Prognostic Factors in Stage T1 Bladder Cancer: Tumor Pattern ...  -  Dec 13, 2007
UroToday,On univariate analysis, vascular invasion, solid tumor pattern, deep invasion, grade 3 disease, and carcinoma in situ were associated with an increased risk

3-D Scan May Help Detect Breast Cancer  -  Nov 29, 2007
CBS News,..."These lesions are the first indicator of the earliest type of breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)," he tells WebMD. In DCIS, cancer cells have

Most Surgeons Do Not Discuss Reconstruction with Breast Cancer ...  -  Dec 21, 2007
MedPage Today,They survey included all patients ages 79 years and younger with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and a 20% random sample of patients with invasive (but not

SABCS: Benefits of Screening Mammography Extend Past Age 70  -  Dec 14, 2007
MedPage Today,The pathology was ductal carcinoma in situ in 11 cases, infiltrating ductal in 28, and invasive lobular in two. Eight of the 11 patients with DCIS were

Does Photodynamic Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour ...  -  Dec 11, 2007
UroToday,There were no differences in multifocality of tumours, concomitant carcinoma in situ or tumour size in either group. Patients were followed for a median of

Knowing when to get screened can be confusing  -  Dec 15, 2007
The Free Lance-Star,Women who have had abnormal breast biopsies with the diagnosis of atypical ductal hyperplasia or lobular carcinoma in-situ are either at very high-risk (if

Prophylactic mastectomy: Breast cancer prevention for high-risk women  -  Dec 1, 2007
MayoClinic.comYour doctor may have discovered precancerous or abnormal cells in the milk-producing glands (lobules) of your breast (lobular carcinoma in situ).

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