Don’t Tell Me My DCIS Isn’t Cancer! | #AACR18

By Ricki Lewis “DCIS isn’t really cancer. You have nothing to worry about,” said my oncologist confidently. “Then why am I having a mastectomy in four days?” I blurted. “DCIS doesn’t spread. So it isn’t

Where was the dog born? Plus mammogram changes once again

ANIMAL GENOME OF THE WEEK: CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS So is this a trend, the animal genome of the week? Last week pigs. This week, dogs. First things first: dog origins. A perennial hot topic, the

Breast cancer: Should DCIS be treated? Pig genome: messy and quite boaring

SHOULD DCIS BE TREATED LIKE BREAST CANCER? No one seems to know exactly what to make of the big study on the outcomes of DCIS. (DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ, often called stage 0 breast cancer or precancer, which … Continue reading »

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