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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: 55-60
Jane - Interview 5
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Jane was diagnosed with DCIS in 2007, aged 58. She had a mastectomy and a DIEP flap breast reconstruction at the same time.
Jean - Interview 13
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Jean was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer after a routine mammogram, aged 59. She had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and is taking tamoxifen for five ...
Eileen - Interview 24
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Eileen was diagnosed with DCIS in 2002 and had a mastectomy. Afterwards, she questioned the value of breast screening and chooses not to have routine ...
Ann - Interview 2
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Ann was diagnosed with DCIS in 2005, aged 56. She had a mastectomy and LD flap reconstruction at the same time. She is currently taking ...
Hazel - Interview 26
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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 ...
Janet - Interview 30
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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 ...
Margaret - Interview 34
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Margaret was diagnosed with DCIS in 2006, aged 55, and had a mastectomy shortly afterwards. She would have liked more information about DCIS and its ...
Sandy - Interview 20
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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 ...
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