Dcis Treatment Options
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Rick Baehner, M.D.: Let me tell you about the treatment options for patients with newly
diagnosed DCIS. Lumpectomy or conservative breast surgery is the most common therapy,
and following lumpectomy, a treatment decision needs to be made about whether or not to add
radiotherapy. Then, for large DCIS or DCIS that would be difficult to remove, mastectomy
is another option. There is also a decision about whether or not to give endocrine therapy
and this is made after assessing whether or not the DCIS is ER positive. Now the DCIS
score is a test for women who undergo lumpectomy or breast conserving surgery. It is not a
test for patients who receive mastectomy for their DCIS.
