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debski · 01-20-2008, 01:52 PM

I have sent you a private message but you know you can be very hopeful as DCIS is pre-cancerous. The cells have not escaped from the ducts.
I had breast cancer and DCIS in the margins of the lump and I was told that if I was 60 they would n't even bother clearing it up as it probably would never turn into cancer. They just wanted to be on the safe side.

I have a friend who had DCIS and thought she had cancer- but it is not strictly able to escape so that's all good news.
Please do some research to see if tamoxifen is right for you because I sometimes think that when you pay for healthcare you get overtreated ( similarly I think we are undertreated in the uk).

01-20-2008, 01:52 PM	#5
debski Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: near Windsor, England Posts: 25	I have sent you a private message but you know you can be very hopeful as DCIS is pre-cancerous. The cells have not escaped from the ducts. I had breast cancer and DCIS in the margins of the lump and I was told that if I was 60 they would n't even bother clearing it up as it probably would never turn into cancer. They just wanted to be on the safe side. I have a friend who had DCIS and thought she had cancer- but it is not strictly able to escape so that's all good news. Please do some research to see if tamoxifen is right for you because I sometimes think that when you pay for healthcare you get overtreated ( similarly I think we are undertreated in the uk).