There are two types of stage 0 breast cancer: Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is what most people mean when they talk about stage 0 breast cancer. The abnormal cells are still in your milk ...

At age 50, after a routine mammogram, I received sobering news — a diagnosis of estrogen receptor positive DCIS, or stage 0 cancer. To this day I am still not certain if DCIS is cancer. It is a ...

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is an early form of cancer confined to the lactiferous (milk producing) ducts of the breast. The choice of whether surgery is required or what surgery is best for you ...

It turns out that it's very rare to die from an early form of stage zero breast cancer called DCIS, and aggressive treatment ... women under the age of 35 and black women. So if you fall into ...

DCIS, while technically a precursor to invasive ... cancer should be screened annually with a mammogram, starting at age 40," Alfonse says. "If a woman has a significant family history of breast ...

DCIS has the potential to progress into invasive ... particularly those with close relatives who had breast cancer at a young age, are at increased risk. Genetic mutations, such as BRCA1 and ...