New trial uses breast MRI and genomics for treatment decision-making in DCIS

(ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group) Women with DCIS receive same treatments as those with early-stage invasive cancer. Decisions about lumpectomy/mastectomy often based on mammography alone. Trial examines whether MRIs, which show extent of disease more accurately than mammograms, help women/doctors avoid unnecessary mastectomies. Women who get lumpectomies often treated with radiation to prevent recurrence. Trial uses personalized genetic information from women's cancer tissue to identify those at low risk who may forgo radiation. Comfort/quality of life data will be collected.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news