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Management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) of the Breast: Present Approaches and Future Directions

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Purpose of ReviewDuctal carcinoma in situ (DCIS; intraductal carcinoma) of the breast is commonly found in an asymptomatic woman on routine screening mammography. The purpose of this review is to… Click to show full abstract

Purpose of ReviewDuctal carcinoma in situ (DCIS; intraductal carcinoma) of the breast is commonly found in an asymptomatic woman on routine screening mammography. The purpose of this review is to describe current approaches to the management of DCIS as well as areas for future investigation.Recent FindingsRandomized trials have demonstrated that adding radiation treatment after breast conservation surgery (lumpectomy; surgical excision) reduces the rate of ipsilateral local recurrence by about half, and that adding hormonal therapy reduces the rate of all breast cancer events (ipsilateral plus contralateral). Early clinical studies attempted to stratify the risk of recurrence using conventional clinical and pathologic features. More recent clinical studies have attempted to define prospectively patients with lower risk DCIS for whom omission of radiation treatment after lumpectomy is a reasonable option. Molecular profiling is a newer approach to define risk stratification for DCIS. Combining molecular profiling with clinical and pathologic features appears to be more accurate in defining and stratifying the risk of recurrence after lumpectomy.SummaryAfter lumpectomy for DCIS, risk stratification using clinical and pathologic characteristics, and more recently molecular profiling, can help guide clinical decision-making for the use of radiation treatment and hormonal therapy. Ongoing studies are evaluating the possibility of de-escalating therapy, and in some studies, even using core biopsy alone, without surgical excision.

Keywords: risk; carcinoma situ; breast; dcis; situ dcis

Journal Title: Current Oncology Reports
Year Published: 2019

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