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Category Archives for DCIS
Mammograms Identify DCIS But Lead to Over-diagnosis, Over-treatment?
“Breast cancer screening was not associated with any reduction in the incidence of advanced cancer, and overdiagnosis of invasive tumors and ductal carcinoma in situ is a common problem…” Articles
Continue readingDCIS Treatment- Is Radiation My Only Option?
Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) is not cancer. It is Breast Cancer Stage 0. What are Your Treatment Options? Dear Cancer Coach- I was told I may need radiation treatment for my 0 stage breast cancer. I
Continue readingNutritional Therapies- DCIS
“Substantial experimental studies indicated that many dietary natural products could affect the development and progression of breast cancer, such as soy, pomegranate, mangosteen, citrus fruits,
Continue readingCryotherapy- Early Breast Cancer-Solution to Over Treatment
Many patients with breast cancer have relatively non-aggressive disease, but are overtreated,” especially older women… “The solution is to have a treatment option that provides a solution with
Continue readingDCIS: Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment?
The issue of DCIS and how it should be treated is extremely complex. In a Ralph Moss article titled “The Mammography Debate, Part I” DCIS is a topic of discussion. Questions that arise
Continue readingRegression DCIS
“…and offers evidence that CAM therapies may be of value in preventing progression of DCIS to invasive breast cancer…” Many women diagnosed with DCIS wonder if their diagnosis increases
Continue readingCancer Coaching- Does PQQ Promote Breast Cancer?
“study showed that higher concentrations of PQQ (50-100 μM) could result in 2-5 fold increase in apoptosis-inducing of U937 human promonocytic lymphoma cells through the depletion of cellular glutathione
Continue readingIs Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) Breast Cancer or Abnormal Cells?
You have been diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ aka DCIS aka pre-breast cancer. Your doctor tells you… “you have noninvasive cancer” “you have a breast lesion” “you
Continue readingFinancial Cost of DCIS Got You Worried? Read This
The cost of early stage breast cancer (DCIS) therapy is a concern that influences treatment decisions for many women, even when they have insurance and higher income… Though Ductal Carcinoma In-situ
Continue readingRename In-Situ, Pre-, IDLE, aka low-risk Cancer Now-
What we routinely refer to as cancer today is a disease ranging from ultra low risk (less than a 5% chance of progression over two decades) to extremely high (more than a 75% chance of progression over
Continue readingWill Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) Patients Accept Breast Cancer Risk?
“Our thought is that seeing loved ones go through the severe side effects associated with breast cancer made them think about how they would incorporate that into their own life,” One of the first
Continue readingDCIS diagnosis w/ Expectations of Tamoxifen Side Effects? Here’s Relief…
The study found that women who had higher expectations of suffering more and worse side-effects before their (Tamoxifen) treatment began did, in fact, experience more after two years of adjuvant hormone
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