What does CIS stand for?

Carcinoma in Situ

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Experts also said one form of cancer, called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), was not likely to 'surface clinically'.

Breast cancer advice bid to stop needless operations

More than 50,000 women a year are diagnosed with DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ.

Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexing

More than 50,000 women a year are diagnosed with DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ.

Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexing

Because breast cancer presents in different ways, there are a number of treatment options, depending on whether a patient has non-invasive cancer--called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)--or metastatic cancer, which has spread outside the breast.

Understanding the Treatments

A mass within a dilated duct can result from debris, papilloma, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), invasive ductal carcinoma, or papillary carcinoma.

Intraductal papilloma with focal atypia

Of the total, 87 percent of the patients had invasive breast cancer and 13 percent had been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

HOLOGIC DOES 3-YEAR ANALYSIS OF MAMMOSITE RADIATION THERAPY

Carcinoma in situ is a term used for early stage of breast cancer where the cancer cells are still confined to the place where it started.

Of Lumps, Bumps and Breast Cancer

Ductal carcinoma in situ is abnormal cells in the lining of a milk duct that have not invaded the surrounding breast tissue.

Types of Breast Cancer