home
a-z of conditions
forums
news
about us
See all conditions
Cancer
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
Forum
Resources & Information
Subject index
Credits
Full list of topics
Discovery and diagnosis :
What is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)?
Routine mammograms: the UK Breast Screening Programme
Diagnostic mammograms
Referral to an assessment clinic
Diagnostic tests: mammogram
Diagnostic tests: ultrasound scan
Diagnostic tests: biopsy
Waiting for results
Feelings about the diagnosis
Telling other people
Treatments & their impacts :
Feelings about having a wide local excision
Wide local excision: the operation
Wide local excision: recovery
Wide local excision: pathology results
Feelings about having a mastectomy
Mastectomy: the operation
Mastectomy: physical and emotional recovery
Mastectomy: pathology results
Breast reconstruction using an implant
Breast reconstruction using an LD flap
Breast reconstruction using a DIEP flap
Nipple reconstruction
Choosing not to have breast reconstruction
Prostheses
Body image
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Hormone therapy
Information and support :
Information
Support from family, friends and health professionals
Support from other women with DCIS or breast cancer
Effects on daily life :
How it effects families
Views on breast screening
Messages to others
Search the whole site
Search in this condition
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
Subject index
Clip
Cancer
>>
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
>>
Age at diagnosis: 55-60
>>
Hazel - Interview 26
>>
Hazel declined to take part in a trial because she didn’t have the information she needed. She felt doctors didn’t know enough about the best way to t
In 1991 Hazel had a wide local excision, after which she was diagnosed with DCIS. She then researched DCIS and breast screening and chooses not to have routine mammograms.
Cancer
>>
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
>>
Age at diagnosis: under 50
>>
Jacqui - Interview 31
>>
Jacqui was chosen to take part in research and nearly didn’t go for a mammogram because she’d had no symptoms.
Jacqui was diagnosed with DCIS in 1995 after having a mammogram that was part of a clinical trial. She had a mastectomy and, two weeks later, a reconstruction using an implant.
Mail to a friend