Feds raid Lafayette tech business Oct 14, 2007
The DCIS was the lead agency in Thursday's search, and the investigation is not into immigration violations, Rusnok said ... The DCIS investigates violations of rule limiting export of sensitive technologies and issues related to government contracts. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Alcohol linked to breast cancer? Oct 2, 2007
Posted By Anonymous : 11:44 AM ET I'm a young women in my 40's and was recently diagnosed with DCIS (breast cancer localized within the milk ducts). Luckily, I caught it very early but had to go through surgery and radiation. (CNN)
Witch-hunter in Chief Sep 28, 2007
According to the Politico, a Capitol Hill publication, the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) have been exploring whether Pennsylvania Congressmen Paul Kanjorski and Jack Murtha -- both cronies of Mr. Waxman -- improperly earmarked millions of dollars in defense contracts to a firm owned by members of Mr. Kanjorski s family. Thus far Mr. Waxman has indicated no interest in the matter. (Human Events Online)
Stronach travels to US for breast cancer treatment Sep 15, 2007
The type of cancer Stronach had is called DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ, one of the more treatable forms. Stronach, who has announced she is leaving politics to return to executive duties at her father's Magna empire, paid for the procedure. (Toronto Star)
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is an option for patients with localized breast recurrences after previous external-beam radiotherapy Sep 14, 2007
Between 4/02 and 11/06 15 patients were treated for in-breast recurrences at a median of 10 years (3-25) after previous EBRT (10 recurrences in the initial tumor bed, 3 elsewhere in-breast failures, 2 invasive recurrences after previous DCIS) and additionally 2 patients with new primary breast cancer after previous EBRT to the breast due to Hodgkin's disease. IORT with a single dose of 14. (BioMed Central)
Health watch: Mammography: Staying informed Aug 13, 2007
In addition, mammography frequently detects small cancers known as ductal cancer in situ, DCIS, some of which may remain harmless and pose a treatment dilemma. Since its difficult to distinguish between harmless DCIS tumors and those likely to become invasive, many women undergo treatment that may or may not be necessary. (Craig Daily Press)
Screening fails to find early breast cancers Aug 13, 2007
The German research, involving 7319 women, studied ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, a non-invasive pre-cancer found in milk ducts. DCIS, which is diagnosed in about 1200 women a year in Australia, is not malignant and is thought to be the starting point for most breast cancers ... Researchers found that of the 167 women in the group diagnosed with DCIS, mammograms had detected it in 56 per cent of cases, compared with 92 per cent when MRI scans were used. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
MRI beats mammogram at spotting early cancer Aug 13, 2007
The study by Dr. Christiane Kuhl, a radiologist at the University of Bonn, found that magnetic resonance imaging was better than standard mammograms at detecting a non-malignant tumour called "ductal carcinoma in-situ," or DCIS.. Almost all malignant breast cancer is believed to start out as DCIS, which are non-invasive cancerous cells in the milk ducts ... Over five years, 167 women were diagnosed with DCIS; 92 per cent of cases were picked up through an MRI and only 56 per cent by mammogram. (CTV.ca)
MRI scans 'beat mammograms in detecting breast cancer' Aug 13, 2007
The cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) affects the milk ducts in the breast and was found in 167 women. DCIS is different from the majority of invasive cancers which cause a lump in the breast ... The MRI scans were much better at spotting aggressive or 'high grade' DCIS, the findings published in The Lancet medical journal (must credit) showed. (Daily Mail)
Study: MRI better at finding early breast cancer Aug 12, 2007
MRI better than mammogram at identifiying ductal carcinoma in-situ, DCIS. Almost all malignant breast cancer is believed to start out as DCIS ... Details of a German study show that magnetic resonance imaging was better than standard mammograms, a type of X-ray, at detecting a nonmalignant tumor called ductal carcinoma in-situ, or DCIS. This could give surgeons time to remove the lesion before it can turn cancerous. (CNN -- Health)
MRI scans spot early signs of breast cancer Aug 12, 2007
A study of more than 7,300 women found mammography to be just over half as accurate in identifying ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - a common early cancer of the milk ducts ... The results of the study, published today in The Lancet, suggest that about 2,500 of these women are given the all-clear despite having early DCIS. ... Of these, 167 were diagnosed with DCIS, of which 92 per cent were detected by the MRI test and 56 per cent by the mammography. (Telegraph.co.uk)
MRI scan 'beats' mammogram Aug 11, 2007
The study, of more than 7,300 women, focused on a very early-stage form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which affects the milk ducts in the breast ... Dr Pennery said: "Further research is needed to clarify what implications this has on the way DCIS is currently diagnosed, and when it is most appropriate and efficient to use MRIs.". (BBC News -- Health)
MRI Detects Early Breast Cancer Cells Aug 11, 2007
Breast MRI detected 92% of surgically confirmed cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in the German study, compared to a 56% detection rate for mammography. Because DCIS often develops into invasive breast cancer, it is almost always treated with surgery to remove all of the DCIS tissue ... Roughly one in six (29 of 167) of detected DCIS cases in the study by Kuhl and colleagues occurred among average-risk women. (CBS News)
MRI finds breast cancer before it becomes dangerous Aug 11, 2007
Up to now MRI was thought to be hardly suited for the detection of such 'ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ... The tumour initially remains in the milk duct and is therefor called " intraductal cancer" or DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) ... If we find DCIS and remove it we can prevent the formation of real breast cancer,' the Bonn radiologist Professor Christiane Kuhl explains. (EurekAlert!)
Nearly half of early breast cancers missed by mammograms Aug 10, 2007
Christiane Kuhl, the lead researcher at the University of Bonn said: "If you picked up all cases of ductal carcinoma in situ [DCIS] you would prevent virtually all cases of breast cancer. Our finding that MRI is superior to mammography in detecting it turns things upside down." ... Some 167 women were diagnosed with DCIS, 92% through the MRI but only 56% by mammogram ... In women who had the most severe cases of DCIS, those most likely to lead to a diagnosis of breast cancer, MRI picked up on... (Guardian Unlimited)
Invasive Breast Cancer is More Easily Spotted With MRI, Study Says Aug 10, 2007
Almost half of the cases of ``high-grade'' DCIS, the most aggressive form of the disease, were missed by mammography screenings, the researchers said. MRI detected 98 percent of the cases, missing only two, which were found by mammography. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
MRI scans might prevent breast cancer, study shows Aug 10, 2007
Details of a German study show that magnetic resonance imaging was better than standard mammograms, a type of X-ray, at detecting a nonmalignant tumor called ductal carcinoma in-situ, or DCIS. ... Boetes and Mann noted that autopsy results show that about 9 percent of women have undetected DCIS, and that almost all malignant breast cancer is believed to start out as DCIS. ... MRI found DCIS in more than 90 percent of the 167 women with the condition, while mammograms only found 56 percent of... (Scientific American)
MRI Scans May Be Better At Detecting Breast Cancer Aug 10, 2007
They found the scans were almost twice as effective as X-ray mammography (XRM) in detecting a cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - cancer cells that start in the milk passages (ducts) but have not penetrated the duct walls into the surrounding tissue ... The women received MRI in addition to conventional mammography for diagnostic assessment and screening, with the aim of discovering the sensitivity of each method for diagnosing DCIS. ... Mammograms and MRI scans were then assessed... (Life Style Extra)
Almac Diagnostics announces pioneering genetic research on ductal carcinoma in situ Aug 9, 2007
This particular study aims to generate a gene signature to identify the subset of DCIS patients who are likely to suffer a recurrence, he added ... Eventually we hope to develop a gene expression signature that will inform clinical treatment strategies" said Prof Adrian Harris, Cancer Research UK Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Oxford and Principal Investigator on the study. In some cases, the treatment for DCIS is total mastectomy as it is curative in nearly all patients1.... (EurekAlert!)
Breast cancer prognosis good for 'GMA' host Roberts Aug 4, 2007
" "She seems to have been diagnosed with the kind of cancer that I had, which was ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS," Nicely said. "That means the cancer is isolated. " Roberts could not be reached to confirm that, and ABC spokesman Jeffrey Schneider declined to discuss her condition in detail. News of Roberts' illness struck many of her ABC colleagues hard, sources said. In recent years, ABC also weathered the death of longtime anchor Peter Jennings from cancer and nearly lost another anchor,... (New York Daily News)
MRI Evaluation of Breast Cancer Jul 12, 2007
The rest of the lesions were ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a heterogeneous group of lesions with variable malignant potential. Not all DCIS lesions will progress to invasive malignant disease ... In follow-up studies of patients with untreated DCIS, the rate of progression to invasive. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Diagnosis and treatment differ among patients Jun 26, 2007
Ms. Stronach, 41, was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, known as DCIS. The breast is composed of fatty tissue and sections of milk glands or lobules called lobes ... For many women with DCIS, a lumpectomy, which is an operation to remove the tumour, followed by radiation, is the recommended route. (Globe and Mail)
Stronach's battle Jun 26, 2007
She was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a common form of breast cancer in which the cells lining the milk ducts (the channels that carry milk to the nipple) are cancerous ... For some women with DCIS, this surgery, combined with radiation, is sufficient ... Women who suffer from DCIS are usually cured by mastectomy and, except in rare instances, do not require radiation treatment or chemotherapy. (Globe and Mail)
Belinda Stronach battling breast cancer: friends Jun 24, 2007
Stronach has a strain of cancer known as DCIS -- ductal carcinoma in situ. It is a common and treatable form of the disease. (CTV.ca)
Belinda Stronach recovering from breast cancer surgery Jun 24, 2007
The diagnosis was DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ ... Twenty per cent of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer actually have DCIS. ... Dr. Eileen Rakovitch, an expert in DCIS at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, said women usually find out they have the pre-cancer cells through a routine mammogram. (Globe and Mail)
Cancer search tool raises new issues Jun 9, 2007
CAD is more sensitive to calcifications, and most calcifications are associated with a condition called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), said Dr. Kunchala. According to the British Breast Cancer Care website, , "DCIS is an early form of breast cancer, sometimes described as a pre-cancerous, intraductal or non-invasive cancer. This means that the cancer cells are inside the milk ducts or 'in situ' and have not developed the ability to spread through the breast or outside it. "If DCIS is left... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
MRI Best at Spotting Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Jun 6, 2007
CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) seems to be much more sensitive than mammography in diagnosing ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in general, and aggressive, high-grade DCIS in particular, according to the results of a large study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. DCIS is a noninvasive, precancerous condition that can progress to invasive cancer if untreated ... DCIS can be any one of a wide variety of pathological tissues that... (MEDLINEplus)
MRI Better at Spotting Precancerous Growths Jun 5, 2007
Kuhl studied a kind of precancerous growth that forms in the lining of the milk duct called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, which accounts for up to 25 percent of all growths found on a mammogram - a type of X-ray. "Mammography is considered the mainstay for diagnosing DCIS," she said at the conference ... But her study found that magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, was more likely to spot high-grade DCIS, an aggressive type of growth that increases the chances a woman would get breast cancer... (Newsmax)
Herceptin Heart Danger Stays Same After Five Years Jun 4, 2007
Another study presented at the meeting Sunday found magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was better than mammography for detecting "high-grade" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a form of pre-invasive breast cancer ... "High-grade DCIS is easily curable by resection, but, if left untreated, will progress to high-grade invasive cancer," said study author Dr. Christiane K. Kuhl, vice chairman and a radiology professor at the University of Bonn in Germany ... Forty percent of DCIS lesions were only... (Health-Finder)
Breast cancer in a test tube May 10, 2007
The model replicates a specific type of early breast cancer - known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ... Around one in five breast cancers start out as DCIS and the researchers wanted to find out more about how the early cancerous changes in cells grow into larger tumours ... "Once this is validated it could certainly reduce if not replace animal experiments. Professor Jones added: "Because of screening, we're detecting DCIS much more frequently and so it's become much more of a clinical... (BBC News -- Science)
Breast cancer cases expected to fall in 07 Apr 10, 2007
Overall, it s estimated that about 20-30 percent of women with untreated, low-grade DCIS go on to develop invasive cancer. Including DCIS in these incidence numbers might more accurately reflect the overall burden of breast cancer. (Helena Independent Record)
Mammogram study faults computer screening Cancer detection isn't improved Apr 5, 2007
Computer-aided detection detected more cases of noninvasive breast cancer, known as DCIS. But doctors don't yet know whether there is a net benefit to finding and treating those precancerous lesions. Dr. Robert Schmidt, a radiology professor at the University of Chicago, where scientists developed the technology, noted that computer-aided detection did find more cancers, even if the 5 percent increase was not statistically significant. (FOX59, IN)
Computer-Aided Mammograms Assailed Apr 5, 2007
" Breast cancer strikes more than 212,000 U.S. women each year and kills more than 40,000, making it the second-leading type of cancer and No. 2 cancer killer among women. Proponents of aggressive screening argue that routine mammograms, and MRIs for those at high risk, help reduce the death toll by catching tumors at their earlier, most treatable stage. Critics, however, question whether aggressive screening produces too many false alarms, resulting in unnecessary repeat exams, biopsies and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Accuracy of highly touted mammogram exam system in doubt Apr 5, 2007
If anything, it seemed to increase the detection of a precancerous condition, DCIS, for ductal carcinoma in situ. While all invasive breast cancer is believed to start as DCIS, DCIS is often harmless ... But, unable to tell which DCIS lesions will become deadly, doctors generally treat them all. (International Herald Tribune)
WP: Routine mammograms at issue Apr 3, 2007
Mammograms tend to detect a very early form of breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which may never become life-threatening, the panel noted. Nevertheless, a DCIS diagnosis leads to lumpectomies, mastectomies, radiation and chemotherapy. (MSNBC -- Health)
Summary for Patients Apr 3, 2007
Mammograms frequently find a type of cancer called DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ), and women end up getting treated for it. However, good information is lacking about how often DCIS would progress to more serious types of cancer without treatment. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Offers Perspective on Use of MRI Screening in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer Mar 29, 2007
Other risk groups where the data was not sufficient to recommend the use of MRI for screening included those with: -- a lifetime risk of 15-20% -- lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) or atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) -- atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) -- very dense breasts -- a personal history of breast cancer, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (1) MRI was not recommended for those women with a less than a 15 percent lifetime risk for developing breast cancer. For patients with a... (PR Newswire)
MRIs Advised for Women at High Breast-Cancer Risk Mar 29, 2007
have already had breast cancer, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). March 28, 2007 ; Women at particularly high risk for breast cancer should get a yearly MRI in addition to their annual mammogram, according to new recommendations from the American Cancer Society. (NPR)
MRIs urged in breast cancer detection Mar 28, 2007
There is no evidence that treating DCIS when it's detected is better than waiting to treat it until it progresses. But almost no one is comfortable leaving it in place and taking that chance. (FOX59, IN)
ITT Fined $100M For Sharing Night-Vision Information Mar 28, 2007
Officials from DCIS, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Justice later uncovered numerous export law violations, such as ITT allowing a Singapore engineer to work with its engineers at the company's Night Vision manufacturing operation in Roanoke County, and two Chinese optical engineers working on the design of the enhanced night-vision goggle system in Singapore. Government agents said managers viewed U.S. export laws "as obstacles to getting business done,"... (Click2Houston, TX)
Gaps in preventive cancer treatment Mar 9, 2007
And a quarter of women with such changes - ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - have surgery on the lymph nodes in their armpits ... DCIS features cancerous cell abnormalities, but they are confined within the breast ducts ... About 1200 women a year are diagnosed with DCIS, and one case is discovered through the BreastScreen program for every four true cases of cancer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Management of Breast Cancer Feb 15, 2007
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS). These lesions have not invaded the duct wall into the breast tissue. (Suite101.com)
Breast Cancer Summary Feb 14, 2007
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Cancer confined to the ducts. Lobular Carcinoma in Situ (LCIS) Cancer confined to the lobules. (Suite101.com)
Tumor-free Breast Tissue Can Have Precancerous Changes Jan 13, 2007
(April 25, 2005) -- Since 1980, the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, one of the most common kinds of early stage breast cancer, has increased more than sevenfold. This sharp increase in DCIS which is a. (Science Daily)
Novel vaccine shows promise against early-stage breast cancer Nov 13, 2006
In this study, researchers investigated a potential vaccine that targets HER-2/neu over-expression in early stage breast cancer, known as DCIS (ductal carcinomas in situ, or early stage cancer formation in the breast's milk ducts). It is estimated at 50-60 percent of DCIS is directly related to HER-2/neu over-expression ... "We are confident that targeted treatment with this vaccine may effectively fight not only DCIS, but may extend to prevention of breast cancer entirely.". (EurekAlert!)
Breast cancer survivors urge other women to be proactive and positive Oct 29, 2006
A biopsy showed DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ. With DCIS, the cells lining the milk ducts are cancerous, but contained within the ducts. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Mammograms reduce breast cancer deaths, but increase overdiagnosis Oct 19, 2006
Many of those cancers are of a type called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. DCIS is too small to be felt as a lump and is almost always detected with mammography ... As a result, all women who are diagnosed with DCIS are advised to have the lesions removed. (EurekAlert!)
Breast Cancer Findings Suggest New Ways To Detect And Destroy Cells Before They Become Cancerous Oct 11, 2006
The conventional belief has been that DCIS, the most common form of localized breast cancer, spreads beyond the milk duct only if the DCIS cells are subjected to additional genetic damage. The newer hypothesis argues that breast cancer progenitor cells are present from the beginning in precancerous lesions, and are genetically programmed to progress not only to DCIS but also right on through to invasive breast cancer ... The UC Davis findings are based on studies in a line of transgenic mice... (Science Daily)
Computer-aided Detection Improves Early Breast Cancer Detection Aug 5, 2006
The greatest impact was on ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common type of non-invasive breast cancer in women, for which CAD increased cancer detection by 14. 2. (Science Daily)
Radiotherapy Boost Helps Early Breast Cancer Jul 27, 2006
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is contained within the cells lining the milk ducts of the breast that has not yet spread to the surrounding breast tissue ... If the DCIS is extensive, a mastectomy may be necessary ... Scientists who compared different treatments for DCIS said their findings show radiotherapy plus a boost dose improves the patients' chances. (MEDLINEplus)
Health Highlights: July 10, 2006 Jul 11, 2006
Women with a specific type of breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) may benefit from additional radiation therapy after surgery, new British research suggests. The BBC reports that a study published in the latest issue of Lancet Oncology on 373 women below the age of 45 who had early stage DCIS -- a non-invasive breast cancer -- showed that those who took an extra boost of radiotherapy after surgery had the lowest risk in their cancer recurring ... Radiotherapy boosts are often... (Forbes)
Radiotherapy 'effective against early breast cancer' Jul 9, 2006
Doctors analysed the records of 373 women aged 45 or younger from 18 centres around the world who had ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, a condition that can lead to breast cancer ... Study leader Dr Guenther Gruber said: "Not using radiotherapy in young patients with DCIS resulted in an unacceptable number of women having their cancer return; these patients benefited from an additional dose boost.". (Daily Mail - UK)
Boost therapy stops breast cancer Jul 7, 2006
Mammograms can pick up DCIS ... This strategy should be considered in all patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), they recommend ... While DCIS is pre-cancerous or non-invasive, if left untreated it can spread to the surrounding breast tissue and become a threat. (Yahoo News -- Breast Cancer)
Extra Radiotherapy Boost Can Stop Early Breast Cancer Recurrence Jul 7, 2006
After surgery and standard radiotherapy, an extra boost of radiotherapy can help prevent the recurrence of early for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) , says Dr Gruber, Bern University, Switzerland and an international team of experts. DCIS can spread to surrounding tissue if left untreated ... Of every thousand women who go for breast screening, one is diagnosed with DCIS. DCIS often has no symptoms. (Medical News Today)
When medical reality doesn't match spin Jun 22, 2006
Most troubling for raloxifene, it brings a higher incidence of a breast condition called DCIS (or ductal carcinoma in situ) ... But tens of thousands of women a year require surgery (often mastectomy) and radiation to treat DCIS so anyone would think twice before taking a drug that might increase the risk. (MSNBC -- Health)
New Data Show That Five Years of Treatment With Arimidex(R) (anastrozole) Did Not Cause Osteoporosis in Early Breast Cancer Patients With Normal Bone Mineral Density at Outset Jun 4, 2006
If you are taking NOLVADEX to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer because you are at high risk or have DCIS, you should discuss these warnings with your health care provider. Women who are pregnant or who plan to become pregnant should not take NOLVADEX. Women who have a history of blood clots or who currently use anticoagulants (blood thinners) should not take NOLVADEX for DCIS or to reduce their risk of breast cancer. (PR Newswire)
Breast conservation a good option for non-invasive, early breast cancer, U-M study shows May 5, 2006
The condition, called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is being diagnosed more often ... If left untreated, DCIS can progress to invasive breast cancer, which is the most common type of breast cancer diagnosed ... Treatment for DCIS is either mastectomy, which removes the entire breast, or breast-conserving lumpectomy, which removes only the cancerous area, followed by radiation therapy. (EurekAlert!)
Testing, detection leading cancer fight May 3, 2006
Malignant changes in the cells lining the breast ducts - known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - were found in a further 883 women. "DCIS is a strong indicator of increased risk of developing an invasive breast cancer, so early detection is key," says John Hardy, head of the health registers and cancer monitoring unit. (The Age)
Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene Shown To Be As Effective As Tamoxifen In Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer Apr 19, 2006
While tamoxifen has been shown to reduce, by half, the incidence of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), raloxifene did not have an effect on these diagnoses. (LCIS and DCIS are sometimes called noninvasive breast cancers ... Of the 9,726 women taking tamoxifen, 57 developed LCIS or DCIS, compared to 81 of 9,745 taking raloxifene. (Science Daily)
Osteoporosis drug reduces risk of breast cancer Apr 19, 2006
Although Evista appeared to prevent invasive breast cancers as effectively as tamoxifen, the women who took it were slightly more likely to develop non-invasive forms of the disease - ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). Their role in the development of full-blown cancers is still controversial. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Evista Prevents Invasive Breast Cancer in High Risk Post ... Apr 18, 2006
But there were more cases of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) among women taking Evista, than among women randomized to tamoxifen ... In an interview Dr. Lichtenfeld said that DCIS and LCIS are not insignificant events for women who are diagnosed with these conditions, which are often termed "pre-cancers" ... He noted that both DCIS and LCIS "increase the risk of invasive cancer and both conditions are treated.". (MedPage Today)
Bank charges get nastier Apr 18, 2006
Though STAR found raloxifene and tamoxifen were equally effective in preventing invasive breast cancer, women taking the osteoporosis drug were 40% more likely to develop ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), non-invasive cancers that do not spread beyond the breast. "The outcome of the study is not as clear-cut as we might have hoped for," the American Cancer Society's Len Lichtenfeld said in a statement. (USA Today)
Lilly's Cancer Contender Apr 18, 2006
It wasn't as effective as tamoxifen in lowering the risk of two non-invasive forms of breast cancer: ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). These types of cancer are rarely deadly, but they can turn into more dangerous forms of the disease. (BusinessWeek)
New Findings Challenge Standard Breast Cancer Care Apr 12, 2006
In addition, women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who are under 50 years old, black or Hispanic are also at increased risk of developing advanced-stage invasive tumors, the researchers reported in the May 15 issue of Cancer. DCIS and LCIS are both early cancers that have not yet spread to adjacent tissue ... The diagnosis of DCIS and LCIS has been increasing sevenfold since 1980, most likely because of an increase in mammograms and breast biopsies. (MEDLINEplus)
Inflammation And Drugs To Control This Activity Studied In A Variety Of Tumors Sites Apr 10, 2006
" She noted that increased COX-2 expression has also been seen in an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. Hartmann said that COX-2 represents a potential target for chemoprevention. Her team plans to expand the test group and will continue to profile women with atypia who did and who did not develop breast cancer in an attempt to identify early predictors of risk. Reduction in the Risk of Human Breast Cancer by COX-2 Inhibitors: Abstract No. 2352 Results of a... (Science Daily)
