DCIS is an acronym for ductal carcinoma in situ. DCIS is the most common form of non-invasive, early stage breast cancer. DCIS occurs when cancer cells have filled the breast ducts but have not yet spread to the fatty tissue of the breast. Almost all women who are diagnosed at this early stage of DCIS can be completely cured!
If not treated however, nearly one-fourth of all DCIS cases can develop into invasive cancer within 5 to 10 years. Such invasive forms of cancer are much more difficult to cure. |
