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Radiation therapy only for DCIS

by adventuregirl, Mar 13, 2007 12:00AM

Tags: radiation, breast, Cancer, Breast cancer, Radiation therapy, invasive, tamoxifen, treatment, years

Has anyone been treated with radiation therapy only for DCIS?

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by winggirl, Mar 14, 2007 12:00AM

I have DCIS non invasive. Had 2 lumpectomies one to get clear margins and am now being treated with radiation.
Are you saying no surgery and just radiation? I suppose if the DCIS was small enough radiation may be effective? Mine was wide spread and surgeon was able to remove all of it from the 2 lumpectomies.

by ceegee, Mar 14, 2007 12:00AM

I too had a lumpectomy to be sure of clear margins, and then radiation treatment along with 5 years of taking tamoxifen.

by tajj, Mar 18, 2007 12:00AM

also have dcis and have had lumpectomy and now going to start radiation--mine was 1.7 cm -- maybe yours is very small so no surgery was required

by adventuregirl, Mar 18, 2007 12:00AM

Yes, I was wondering about radiation only and no surgery. I guess that probably is not a treatment option.
Thanks for your replies.

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