Age bows out as factor for recurrence in DCIS patients

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Age bows out as factor for recurrence in DCIS patients Younger women with ductal carcinoma in situ have traditionally been held to have a higher risk of recurrence than older women with the condition. A new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, however, challenges this view. Dr. Aruna Turaka and colleagues examined 440 patients with DCIS. All patients received whole-breast radiotherapy, and 95% received additional radiation to the excision site. Study results showed no statistically significant difference between younger and older patients when it came to recurrences.

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