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'Stage Zero Breast Cancer' Patient Believes She Was Over-Treated youtu.be/B3mMLyfy3wY via @YouTube
Update Aug 2023:
Perfectly healthy.
I never had “cancer.”
I was #overscared,
#overdiagnosed & #overtreated
Learn more:
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When evaluating DCIS progression, recurrence, or treatment outcomes, it's important to ask questions.
Watch the full interview with Chris Beat Cancer and learn more at dcis411.com.
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fP7B0k2d…
Mammogram miss 40% of invasive cancers in women with dense breasts. Meet the four 3d ultrasound systems..
🔗 dcis411.com/breast-screening
#DenseBreasts #BreastUltrasound #DCIS #BreastHealth #EarlyDetection #DCIS411
Looking for a doctor familiar with DCIS Monitoring?
We’ve compiled a list of COMET study participating locations that may be a helpful starting point.
🔗 dcis411.com/2026/10/20/comet…
A Breast Surgeon's Mammogram Warning | The HighWire Episode 496 youtu.be/-8diFO9Sq5k?si=Ipp0… via @YouTube
#DCIS
#Overdiagnosis
#Overtreatment
#DrJennSimmons
In 2009, an NIH-convened expert panel raised an important concern: the word “carcinoma” in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) can provoke unnecessary fear and influence treatment decisions.
📖 Read the 2009 report:
ovid.com/jnls/oncology-times…
Today is National Mammography Day. Before you screen, ask about the harms as well as the benefits. Missed cancers in dense breasts, cumulative radiation, overdiagnosis: informed consent means knowing the whole picture.
🔗 Mammogram harms: dcis411.com/mammogram-harms
DCIS 411 founder Donna Pinto joined Chris Wark on Chris Beat Cancer to discuss DCIS overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and the case for truly informed consent. Watch the full interview and learn more at dcis411.com.
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fP7B0k2d…
We’ve heard a lot about dense breasts this month, but WHY do some women have dense breast tissue, and what imaging options are available? 🧡
#BreastDensity #BreastImaging #BreastHealth #DCIS411 #DenseBreasts
📣 Medicare contractor Noridian has dropped its proposed restriction on biomarker testing used to assess DCIS risk, effective October 8, 2026.
Read more at med.noridianmedicare.com/web…
Chris Beat Cancer Interviews Donna Blaurock Pinto | DCIS, Overdiagnosis & Informed Choice
What happens when a Stage 0 diagnosis leads to aggressive treatment, multiple surgeries, and years of unanswered questions?
Watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=fP7B0k2d…
🧡 This October, help DCIS 411 change the conversation around breast health, DCIS, and informed decision-making.
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Chris Beat Cancer Interviews Donna Blaurock Pinto | DCIS, Overdiagnosis & Informed Choice
What happens when a Stage 0 diagnosis leads to aggressive treatment, multiple surgeries, and years of unanswered questions?
Watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=fP7B0k2d…
Your diagnosis is not the end of the conversation. It’s the beginning of one.
🎯 Our goal at DCIS 411: Help women understand their options, ask better questions, and make informed decisions about their care.
👉 dcis411.com/dcis-faq/
What's your biggest challenge when it comes to regular exercise?
💪 Regular exercise is one of the most consistently supported lifestyle factors associated with lower breast cancer risk.
dcis411.com/dcis-diet-lifest…
You deserve to know there is a debate.
To make sure you understand the controversies, uncertainties, evidence, and competing perspectives before making a decision that can affect the rest of your life.
👉 dcis411.com/2015/08/25/why-t…
🔸 Is DCIS really “cancer”?
🔸 Is all DCIS a direct precursor to invasive breast cancer?
🔸 How much DCIS is overdiagnosed?
Questions to ask your doctor 👇
dcis411.com/dcis-questions-t…
What if the biggest problem with DCIS isn't simply what to do about it—but the fact that there are still major disagreements about what DCIS actually is?
👉 dcis411.com/what-is-ductal-c…
For decades, doctors, researchers, pathologists, surgeons, and radiation oncologists have debated questions that can fundamentally change what a woman chooses after a DCIS diagnosis.
👉 dcis411.com/why-dcis-411/dci…
Every year in the U.S., roughly 60,000 women are diagnosed with DCIS.
Why are 17,000+ women a year are having their breasts removed for DCIS, Stage 0, a non-invasive condition?
Do they truly have informed consent?
🧡 DCIS 411
Got DCIS? Bring questions. Get answers. 🧡
We’ve created a comprehensive list of questions to bring to your doctor.
Save it. Print it. Bring it with you.
👉 Read the full list: dcis411.com/dcis-questions-t…
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