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To treat or not to treat DCIS ?
Take Home Messages
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Standard treatment for DCIS is still local excision followed by whole
breast RT, however:
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Subgroups may be identified in whom RT can safely be omitted,
based Nomogram and DCIS Score – but these need to be validated !!
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Currently 2 studies aimed at investigating whether
any treatment
can
be omitted in screen-detected/ asymptomatic – extremely low risk
DCIS
LORIS study: recruiting
LORD study: starts this Autumn