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Is DCIS Cancer? Rethinking the “Carcinoma” in Stage Zero Breast Cancer

Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have been told they have “stage zero breast cancer”, creating fear and urgency to treat it aggressively. But a growing body of research challenges whether DCIS should even be called cancer in the first place. Continue reading

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