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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)
People's stories
Age at diagnosis: under 50
Sue - Interview 9
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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 ...
Jo - Interview 11
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Jo was diagnosed with DCIS in 2007, aged 42, over two years after seeing doctors about a bleeding nipple when she was breast-feeding. She ...
Kath - Interview 12
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Kath was diagnosed with DCIS in 2007, aged 47, after seeing her GP because her breast felt dense. She had a mastectomy and LD flap ...
Jane - Interview 14
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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 ...
Felicity - Interview 23
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Felicity was diagnosed with DCIS, aged 41, after being referred to a breast clinic because of breast pain. She had two excision operations, a mastectomy ...
Pauline - Interview 28
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Pauline was diagnosed with DCIS in 2001, aged 49, after her first routine mammogram. She had two excisions, followed by a mastectomy and reconstruction using ...
Jacqui - Interview 31
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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 ...
Elizabeth - Interview 21
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Elizabeth had a wide local excision, radiotherapy and is taking tamoxifen for five years. Work helped her to stay positive and focussed throughout.
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