Published in:
01-07-2002 | Meeting abstract
Sloane Project: a prospective audit of screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ
Authors:
A Evans, H Bishop, K Chambers, H Dobson, IO Ellis, A Hanby, O Kearins, G Lawrence, SR Lakhani, JC Macartney, AJ Maxwell, SE Pinder, ME Wheaton, MG Wallis
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 1/2002
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Excerpt
One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three non-invasive breast cancers were diagnosed by the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) in women aged 50–64 during the period 1999–2000. Prior to the introduction of screening only 295 cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) were recorded in England and Wales in women in the same age band. The reason for this is that the trademark characteristic of microcalcification in the majority of DCIS cases is easily visualised radiologically on a mammogram. Consequently, with the introduction of breast screening, the incidence of this type of cancer has been increasing rapidly, and DCIS now accounts for approximately 20% of all cancers detected by the NHSBSP. …
