Predictors for upstaging of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to invasive carcinoma in non-mass-type DCIS.

In conclusion, preoperatively diagnosed non-mass-type DCIS represented an underestimation in approximately 27% of cases. In particular, the presence of a clinically abnormal palpation increases the chance of upstaging to invasive cancer.
PMID: 32454975 [PubMed]

Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - May 28, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Oda G, Nakagawa T, Ogawa A, Kumaki Y, Hosoya T, Sugimoto H, Ishiba T, Mio M, Fujioka T, Kubota K, Onishi I, Uetake H Tags: Mol Clin Oncol Source Type: research