Association of radiation therapy plus lumpectomy in reduced risk of dying in women with DCIS
(JAMA Network) Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone in women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a noninvasive early form of breast cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - August 10, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Karl Storz Focuses on Bladder Cancer Detection With New Device
Karl Storz is focusing on bladder cancer detection with its latest product. The El Segunda, CA-based company said it is launching the PDD Blue Light Flexible Video Cytoscopy System. The product launch follows the approval of a supplemental new drug application and a premarket approval supplement from FDA extending the indication for Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview (BLCC) to include use of the new Karl Storz PDD Blue Light Flexible Video Cystoscope.
Also included in the approval is an expanded indication for the repetitive use of Cysview within the same patient and for the identification of Carcinoma in Situ (CIS); one o...
Source: MDDI - May 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Business Source Type: news
Women With DCIS Who Are at Low Risk for Recurrence Identified Women With DCIS Who Are at Low Risk for Recurrence Identified
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who are at low risk for disease recurrence after conservative breast surgery and radiotherapy, and whose treatment could be reduced, have been identified.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Managing Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in the Era of Genomic Profiling
At the 2018 Miami Breast Cancer Conference, Dr. Patrick Borgen presented information related to gene expression profiling as a tool for managing DCIS. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - March 20, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Patrick I. Borgen, MD Tags: Breast Cancer Conference Report Conferences/MBCC Source Type: news
Radioactive Seed Localization or Wire-guided Localization of Nonpalpable Invasive and In Situ Breast Cancer: A Randomized, Multicenter, Open-label Trial
This research article has led to a Practice Changing Update in DynaMed Plus. It concludes that radioactive seed localization may have similar positive margin but higher successful placement rates compared to wire localization in women having breast-conserving surgery for nonpalpable invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive breast cancer types
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) progresses to a more invasive form of cancer say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 4, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Carcinoma in situ: What is it and how is it treated?
In this article, learn about carcinoma in situ. What is carcinoma in situ and where does it occur? How is it most effectively treated? (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Local DCIS Recurrence After Skipping Adjuvant Radiation Local DCIS Recurrence After Skipping Adjuvant Radiation
Omitting radiation after lumpectomy for pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) does not improve the chance of breast preservation in case of local recurrence, researchers from Canada have observed.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 6, 2017 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
POINT: Should Radiation Therapy After Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Be Standard Practice?
At this time RT following BCS remains the standard of care for most patients. Current tools, including prognostic scores and tumor genetics, have failed to identify a cohort for whom RT confers no benefit with respect to invasive recurrences. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - August 15, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Camille Berriochoa, MD Carisa Bohnak, BS Chirag Shah, MD Nicole Chahine, BS Tags: Breast Cancer Oncology Journal Source Type: news
COUNTERPOINT: Should Radiation Therapy After Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Be Standard Practice?
To universally recommend breast irradiation for all women after excision of DCIS lesions ignores information now available to us that can spare the majority of women with DCIS the downsides of RT, but be applied in the treatment of DCIS patients at greater risk for invasive disease. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - August 15, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: William C. Wood, MD Tags: Breast Cancer Oncology Journal Source Type: news
10 Facts Women Should Know About Endometrial Cancer
The most common cancer of the reproductive organs in American women is endometrial cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that for the year 2017, around 61,380 new cases of cancer of the body of the uterus will be diagnosed and about 10,920 women will die from cancers of the uterine body. These figures include both endometrial cancers and uterine sarcomas.
Since endometrial cancer is a fairly common cancer in women, the more women know the facts about this disease, the greater their chance of knowing what symptoms to be aware of in order to have it diagnosed as early as possible, improving the likelihood of surviva...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bilateral mastectomy not needed for DCIS
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who choose bilateral mastectomy...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Needle biopsy hormone testing unnecessary for DCIS (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 28, 2017 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Why You Should Always Ask For A Second Opinion
Two years ago, when actress-singer Rita Wilson was 58, she underwent a double mastectomy and had this to say about it: Getting a second opinion saved her life.
Wilson was right to insist on a second opinion, according to a Mayo Clinic study released this month. Of 286 patients who sought a second opinion from the clinic over a two-year period, 88 percent received a diagnosis that was either modified or completely different from the first one they received. Sixty-six percent of patients received a refined diagnosis and 22 percent received a completely different one, the study found.
Only 12 percent received confirmati...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dramatic Increase in Incidence of Penile Cancer Precursor Dramatic Increase in Incidence of Penile Cancer Precursor
The rates of penile carcinoma in situ, a premalignant precursor of penile cancer, have increased dramatically in recent years in England.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - March 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic tests vaccine to provide immune response against early breast lesion
(Mayo Clinic) Only about 35 percent of precancerous breast lesions morph into cancer if untreated, but physicians cannot identify which lesions are potentially dangerous. So all women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ undergo traditional therapy of surgery and possibly hormonal therapy and radiation. Now, Mayo Clinic researchers are about to test a vaccine that they hope will replace standard therapies and prevent recurrence for some, if not all, these patients. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 1, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
