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Awesome Interview!! Inspiration for DCIS 411 — Informed Choices and Healthy Living Over Fear Fear Fear!
Cynthia Toussant and I discuss how we KNEW IN OUR GUT something wasn’t right with the immediate rush to surgically remove DCIS! Continue reading
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“When is Cancer Not Really Cancer?” — Update from PRECISION (PREvent ductal Carcinoma In Situ Invasive Overtreatment Now)
“PRECISION aims to enable patients and clinicians to make informed, biology-based decisions to avoid unnecessary and burdensome treatment of indolent DCIS. The answer can only be found by synergistic collaboration between leading scientists, clinicians and patient advocates. There is a … Continue reading
Mis-Diagnosed with DCIS at Age 26 and 38 Weeks Pregnant: How Intuition, Non-stop Research and a 2nd Pathology Opinion Changed My Life
My gut and intuition told me to research my head off and to understand what’s going on. I learned very fast that just because you have a “low grade” “stage zero” breast cancer that doesn’t mean the treatment is less than any other INVASIVE breast cancer. Continue reading
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DCIS & Cryoablation? Guest Blog
My Croablation Journey by Christine B. I was diagnosed with DCIS stage 0 grade 2 June 2017. I was immediately turned over to a surgeon who strongly suggested a lumpectomy, radiation, and a hormone blocker. Better yet a mastectomy due … Continue reading
Interview with Donna TODAY!
Women with DCIS can join facilitator Deb Hackenberry, Donna Pinto, and peers via video or phone to discuss “An Alternative DCIS Journey.” Donna Pinto is the Founder of DCIS 411. In 2010, Donna was diagnosed with intermediate grade DCIS. Based on her research, Donna decided to … Continue reading
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The Food Elevator = Love in Action
Covid-19 is especially hard on Venezuelan immigrants — many who have walked to Colombia and are now living on the streets. They are literally starving. Due to a mandatory curfew, a group of caring Colombians are now offering sandwiches and … Continue reading
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Groceries + Love = Global Healing
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.” ― Rumi In 2010, I was diagnosed with DCIS and my friend Adriana helped me in a priceless way. … Continue reading
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DCIS & COVID-19: How to Decrease Anxiety
Women recently diagnosed with DCIS can do more than just wait. A test is available NOW to learn if the DCIS cells from a biopsy are “low-risk” or “elevated risk.” Why wait and do nothing when you can do something … Continue reading
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