Understanding Risk and your Options
Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D.St. Francis Memorial Hospital and private Cancer Risk Assessment practice in Berkeley, CA Information to help you make informed decisions Answers to the following questions will help…
Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D.St. Francis Memorial Hospital and private Cancer Risk Assessment practice in Berkeley, CA Information to help you make informed decisions Answers to the following questions will help…
Mammograms can give us a picture of where the potential problem is, but they cannot diagnose cancer — only a biopsy can do that. A biopsy is a sample of…
Although breast cancer has been a human illness for thousands of years, ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS (also known as intraductal carcinoma) is a relatively new diagnosis, and we are learning…
The initial treatment for DCIS is always surgery. There are two surgical approaches to DCIS treatment: lumpectomy, or a total mastectomy. Lumpectomy Lumpectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the…