DCIS 411 | Support & Resources for an Informed, Individualized & Integrative Approach
Description: Cancer / Not Cancer -- Ending the Divisive Debate There are two opposing mindsets regarding DCIS: "DCIS is an early form of breast cancer -- and treatment is needed to reduce risk of future cancer." "DCIS is not cancer. It's a risk factor. Treatments have great harms and zero life-saving benefit." This site believes in #2.…
With 60,000+ women diagnosed annually with DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ), it is estimated that there are over 1 million women living with a DCIS diagnosis.
Fear, confusion and overtreatment are life-altering problems that many women diagnosed with DCIS feel totally alone with.
“The time is now to discuss a change in the approach to DCIS. We should be demanding change.” – Dr. Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, professor of surgery and radiology at UCSF and Director of the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, UCSF
DCIS 411 | Support & Resources for an Informed, Individualized & Integrative Approach