Kathryn Rexrode, MD, MPH
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More intensive treatment of DCIS reduces the risk of invasive breast cancer
With increased rates of diagnosis of very early breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ, there has been controversy about treatment. A recent study found that having DCIS increased the risk of invasive breast cancer later, and also that women who chose more intensive treatment early were less likely to have invasive breast cancer.