Difference between revisions of "Non-invasive breast carcinoma"

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====Size criteria for low-grade DCIS====
====Size criteria for low-grade DCIS====
DCIS should meet the following size criteria:<ref name=Ref_BP168>{{Ref BP|168}}</ref>
ADH is diagnosed if the lesion is small - specifically:<ref name=Ref_BP168>{{Ref BP|168}}</ref><ref>{{Ref DCHH|258}}</ref>
*Two membrane-bound spaces - ''and'' - 2 mm.<ref>{{Ref DCHH|258}}</ref>
# < Two membrane-bound spaces.  
**If it isn't (low-grade) DCIS... it's atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH).  
# < 2 mm extent.


The treatment is similar; ADH and DCIS are both excised.   
The treatment is similar; ADH and DCIS are both excised.   
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*DCIS is cancer, i.e. this has life insurance implications.
*DCIS is cancer, i.e. this has life insurance implications.
*Radiation treatment - DCIS is irradiated; ADH does ''not'' get radiation.
*Radiation treatment - DCIS is irradiated; ADH does ''not'' get radiation.
====Micrometastasis in DCIS====
Micrometastasis in DCIS - not significant.<ref name=pmid14601079>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lara | first1 = JF. | last2 = Young | first2 = SM. | last3 = Velilla | first3 = RE. | last4 = Santoro | first4 = EJ. | last5 = Templeton | first5 = SF. | title = The relevance of occult axillary micrometastasis in ductal carcinoma in situ: a clinicopathologic study with long-term follow-up. | journal = Cancer | volume = 98 | issue = 10 | pages = 2105-13 | month = Nov | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1002/cncr.11761 | PMID = 14601079 }}</ref><ref name=pmid16569492>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Broekhuizen | first1 = LN. | last2 = Wijsman | first2 = JH. | last3 = Peterse | first3 = JL. | last4 = Rutgers | first4 = EJ. | title = The incidence and significance of micrometastases in lymph nodes of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ and T1a carcinoma of the breast. | journal = Eur J Surg Oncol | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 502-6 | month = Jun | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.02.006 | PMID = 16569492 }}</ref>


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