"I want patients to understand their options and have choices."
- Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH
"We need to tailor therapies better for individual patients….the problem is that we overtreat the many to benefit the few."
- Lawrence J. Solin, MD
"There is risk both with treatment and with treatment deescalation, and we need to be able to quantify that trade off in a much better way for an individual patient."
- Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
"The next few years will witness the publication of major trial results and potentially chart a new course of DCIS management."
- Lars J. Grimm, MD, MHS
At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) in December, researchers presented updated results from a large international clinical trial examining radiation treatment after surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The study offers important insights into how radiation can reduce the chance of DCIS returning in the same breast — particularly for people considered at higher risk of recurrence.
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