Overtreating DCIS
Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS, professor of surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the overtreatment of DCIS.
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Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS, professor of surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the overtreatment of DCIS.
- 60,000-65,000 women are diagnosed with DCIS each year, though it is believed that many are overtreated
- It is difficult to determine which patients will progress to invasive breast cancer
- In order to get a better understanding of the disease process, researchers are testing the use of promising agents before surgery
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