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- initialism Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
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DCIS is a CIVILIAN law enforcement agency of the DoD and does not have ANY lieutenants or captains.
‘A-Team Week’: Jessica Biel Brings Badass New ‘Nemesis’ to the Soldiers of Fortune » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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Dr. BRAWLEY: Yeah, well, first off, ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is actually not cancer, as its name implies.
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Like more than 50,000 other women that year, I received a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ, commonly known as DCIS.
Laura Goldstein: Breast Cancer's Other Survivors Laura Goldstein 2011
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Like more than 50,000 other women that year, I received a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ, commonly known as DCIS.
Laura Goldstein: Breast Cancer's Other Survivors Laura Goldstein 2011
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When Fenton's team looked only at early-stage cancer known as DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, they found a trend to increased detection with CAD, but it was not statistically significant.
Computer-aided mammography doesn't improve breast cancer detection 2011
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That includes invasive cancer, but also a common milk-duct growth called DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ.
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Recently, an NIH panel asked pathologists to stop calling DCIS cancer.
Mad Over Mammogram Guidelines, Slowing the Runaway Train 2009
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These early cancers, called DCIS, are silent and rarely cause clinical disease.
Mad Over Mammogram Guidelines, Slowing the Runaway Train 2009
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When Fenton's team looked only at early-stage cancer known as DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, they found a trend to increased detection with CAD, but it was not statistically significant.
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Results were to be reported Wednesday at a conference in San Antonio along with a more positive development: a new test that may help show which women need only surgery for a very early type of breast cancer called DCIS.
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