Award-winning, breast cancer information and news resource. ... The term, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), refers to a family of cancers that occur in the breast ducts. There are two categories of DCIS: non-comedo and comedo. The term, comedo, describes the appearance of the cancer.
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is becoming increasingly common, accounting for 25%–30% of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer (1). The comedo type represents about 40% of the cases and carries the worst prognosis (2). The subsequent incidence of recurrence in patients presenting previously with comedo DCIS was...
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BACKGROUND: Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents 20%-30% of breast cancers detected by clinical screening (i.e., mammography). More than 50% of DCIS lesions may be ... RESULTS: Initial levels of cell proliferation were approximately 10- fold higher in 10 specimens with estrogen receptor-negative, comedo (i.e.,
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Mammary ductal carcinoma with comedo pattern in a rhesus macaque. ... Mammary ductal carcinoma with comedo pattern in a rhesus macaque.Mammary ductal carcinoma with comedo pattern in a rhesus macaque.
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Comedo-ductal carcinoma in situ: A paradoxical role for programmed cell death. ... Comedo-ductal carcinoma in situ: A paradoxical role for programmed cell death.Comedo-ductal carcinoma in situ: A paradoxical role for programmed cell death.
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Diagnosis: Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), comedo subtype. ... Discussion: Ductal carcinoma DCIS is a malignant intraductal epithelial proliferation, which confined by the basement membrane. It manifests with a variety of histologic patterns and can be broadly divided into comedo and noncomedo subtypes.
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Franks et al., 2003b S.J. Franks, H.M. Byrne, H. Mudhar, J.C.E. Underwood and C.E. Lewis, Modelling the growth of comedo ductal carcinoma in situ, Math. ...
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Tetrahedron radiography of the microcalcifications of comedo ductal carcinoma in situ: three-dimensional assessment of surgical excision ...
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BACKGROUND: Results of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project B-24 trial indicate that adjuvant tamoxifen therapy is of benefit only in oestrogen receptor (ER)- positive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). In the UK, ER status is not routinely determined in DCIS.
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Ductal carcinoma in-situ (comedo-type) with central microcalcification. Histologic section. Hematoxylin and Eosin stain ... Ductal carcinoma in-situ (comedo-type). Fine-needle aspiration. Papanicolaou stain...
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