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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's contained cancer. If it busts out of the duct it's invasive cancer. Then it can spread. So the don't say cancer people want women to wait until  it becomes potentially life threatening if not all caught. That's rationing.[/quote]

Exactly. My DCIS was not detected by annual mammograms or ultrasounds. I only discovered it after it busted out of the duct and formed a tumor in the tissue.  [/quote]

At that point wasn't it not DCIS anymore? [/quote]

Yes. But if it had been detected earlier, I would have had it removed, which would have been far preferable to waiting until it became invasive cancer.

Once DCIS breaks out of the ducts, the risk levels jump considerably, even if you catch it early.

I don’t care whether you call DCIS cancer or pre cancer or cancer stage zero. Whatever the name, I’d recommend removing it ASAP. You really do not want invasive cancer! [/quote]

No one on this thread is considering not removing DCIS (whether or not you call it cancer - you can still remove it). the question is whether any doctor in this area will allow someone who had DCIS 5+ years ago to on HRT.[/quote]

If it was er/pr+, the answer is no [/quote]

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