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DCIS and Breast Cancer: Why Not Every Diagnosis Needs Treatment | Dr. Jenn Simmons

Name: DCIS and Breast Cancer: Why Not Every Diagnosis Needs Treatment | Dr. Jenn Simmons
Uploaded: 2025-09-17T12:01:50+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Channel: Jenn Simmons, MD
Description: Dr. Jenn Simmons (MD) argues that ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) should not automatically be treated as invasive cancer. She questions routine…

17 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Jenn Simmons (MD) argues that ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) should not automatically be treated as invasive cancer. She questions routine aggressive interventions (surgery, radiation, long-term estrogen suppression) for small lesions fully removed at biopsy, advocating for better stratification to determine who truly needs treatment.

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I do not treat DCIS like it's cancer. Unless it's acting like cancer. If it's just a couple of calcifications that were found on a mammogram, and you biopsy it, and all of it's removed with the biopsy, and there's no evidence of anything left in the breast, why am I sending that person for surgery and radiation and five years of estrogen suppression? Like, for what? So I think that we need to do a better job of determining who does and who doesn't need treatment.