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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
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Support from other women with DCIS or breast cancer
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How it effects families
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Age at diagnosis: 50-54
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Carol - Interview 18
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Carol was shown an area of micro-calcifications and told that those cells were precancerous.
Carol was diagnosed with DCIS in 2008, aged 51. She had a wide local excision and was happy with the care and treatment she received.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 50-54
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Carol - Interview 18
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Carol’s doctor reassured her that a mastectomy was unnecessary for the small area of DCIS she had.
Carol was diagnosed with DCIS in 2008, aged 51. She had a wide local excision and was happy with the care and treatment she received.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 50-54
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Carol - Interview 18
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Carol found the breast cancer forums helpful but said that information on the internet could be confusing because everyone had different diagnoses.
Carol was diagnosed with DCIS in 2008, aged 51. She had a wide local excision and was happy with the care and treatment she received.
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