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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 :
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
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Interview with Radiologist / Breast Surgeon
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Breast Surgeon - Interview 37
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A doctor explains why most women have no need to worry about general anaesthetic.
Dr Horgan explains what DCIS is, the different grades of DCIS, how it is treated, having an operation and more.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Interview with Radiologist / Breast Surgeon
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Breast Surgeon - Interview 37
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A doctor talks about the risk factors for DCIS and breast cancer.
Dr Horgan explains what DCIS is, the different grades of DCIS, how it is treated, having an operation and more.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Interview with Radiologist / Breast Surgeon
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Breast Surgeon - Interview 37
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A doctor explains why women who have DCIS are advised not to take HRT.
Dr Horgan explains what DCIS is, the different grades of DCIS, how it is treated, having an operation and more.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 50-54
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Di - Interview 32
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If Di was diagnosed with DCIS again, she would prefer not to have surgery straight away but, if possible, to be monitored by mammograms instead.
Di was diagnosed with DCIS in 2003 after her first routine mammogram. She had a mastectomy and LD flap reconstruction six months after diagnosis.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 50-54
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Jacky - Interview 25
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Jacky feels that breast screening saved her life and urges other women to attend. She points out that the procedure is quick and that the risk of brea
Jacky was diagnosed with DCIS in her right breast in 1994, aged 52, and had two wide local excisions. Later, a second cancer was found in her left breast and Jacky had a mastectomy.
Cancer
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
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Age at diagnosis: 50-54
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Di - Interview 32
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Di didn’t worry when she was recalled because she didn’t fit any of the risk categories for breast cancer.
Di was diagnosed with DCIS in 2003 after her first routine mammogram. She had a mastectomy and LD flap reconstruction six months after diagnosis.
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