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Panel Urges Further Research to Determine which DCIS Patients may be Candidates for Less-Invasive Therapy – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. An independent panel says appropriate diagnostic factors need to be identified to better predict the risk of developing breast cancer in women with ductal carcinoma in situ, also called DCIS.
Dr. Allegra: DCIS represents a spectrum of abnormal cells that happen to be confined to the breast duct.
Narrator: Dr. Carmen Allegra, panel chair and Chief of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Florida, explains DCIS.
Dr. Allegra: The disease is a risk factor for invasive breast cancer but it’s important to understand that it is not invasive breast cancer.
Narrator: The natural course of DCIS if left untreated is not well understood. For details on the panel's recommendations, visit the website consensus.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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