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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
Information and support :
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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
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Age at diagnosis: under 50
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Sue - Interview 9
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Sue was discharged from hospital a few hours after surgery and had no pain at all. She was back at work a few days later.
Sue was diagnosed with DCIS at 49 and had a wide local excision. She was pleased she went for the mammogram and recommends them to other women.
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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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Although Carol’s friends and family were overjoyed to hear she was clear, it took her two weeks to accept it and start getting back to normal.
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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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 55-60
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Sandy - Interview 20
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Sandy will now be having annual mammograms. She is worried that the first one might be painful because she’s had surgery, but will definitely be going
Sandy was diagnosed with DCIS and, after a wide local excision, told the DCIS had actually been invasive cancer. She had radiotherapy and was taking tamoxifen.
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Age at diagnosis: under 50
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Jane - Interview 14
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Jane felt reassured to know she had DCIS instead of invasive breast cancer. She would like a copy of her pathology report and hopes she can pluck up t
Jane was diagnosed with DCIS after her first routine mammogram, aged 49. She had a wide local excision and is now getting on with life as normal.
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 55-60
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Janet - Interview 30
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Janet was shocked when she had a recurrence of DCIS. She had a mastectomy and was pleased to hear there was still no invasive breast cancer.
Janet was diagnosed with DCIS in 1997 after a routine mammogram and had a recurrence in 2003. She had a wide local excision and radiotherapy in 1997 and a mastectomy in 2003. She was also prescribed tamoxifen then.
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