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Article: American Cancer Society: Mammography Screening Detects Breast Cancer Earlier When Treatment Options are Most Effective.
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- October 15, 1999
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40 Thousand Women are Diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Each Year
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NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to advances in mammography, breast cancer is being detected earlier and earlier. Twenty five percent of the 183,000 new cases of breast cancer occurring each year are diagnosed as Ductal Carcinoma in situ or DCIS - the earliest stage of breast cancer. Although DCIS is a non-invasive cancer, if left untreated it can spread throughout the body. Now, as more women are being diagnosed with this type of breast ...