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DCIS Redefined (DCIS is NOT Cancer) | D.C.I.S. – Diagnosis Creates IATROGENIC Scare
Description: Welcome to DCIS 411. My name is Donna Pinto. In January 2010, I was completely blindsided and shocked when I was told I had DCIS, also known as "stage zero" breast cancer. I was 44 -- a healthy, happy, fit mom of two young children -- with no signs or symptoms of anything wrong. I…
“DCIS is a marker for breast cancer risk; it itself is not cancer. Removing the speedometer does not change the speed of the car, so removing DCIS, irradiating it, or giving it pills will not change the risk of dying.” – Dr. Jennifer Marti, Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: The Weight of the Word “Cancer” , AACR, October 12, 2022
“DCIS is not cancer. It is a risk factor for cancer.” — Dr. Laura Esserman, When Cancer is NOT Cancer , The California Sunday Magazine, 2014
Somehow DCIS ended up in the cancer camp rather than the risk-factor camp , and all my work is to push it back.” — Dr. Shelley Hwang, The Danger of DCIS, The Breast “Cancer” That’s Often Not , Elle Magazine, 2015
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DCIS Redefined (DCIS is NOT Cancer) | D.C.I.S. – Diagnosis Creates IATROGENIC Scare