Screen Detected Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) of the Breast

ISBN 1 871997 60 7

Now that the government initiated National Breast Screening Programme is under way, asymptomatic women with screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are being referred for treatment. In these background notes an attempt has been made to outline the pros and cons of different treatments and the reason behind the design of this trial.

Prepared by the Working Party of the BCTCS (Breast Cancer Trials Coordinating Sub Committee) and the UKCCR (UK Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research). Published December 1989.

Copies of the protocol are no longer available but the full research report, Radiotherapy and tamoxifen in women with completely excised ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in the UK, Australia and New Zealand: randomised controlled trial was published in The Lancet in July 2003. See Lancet 2003; 362: 95-102.

NHS Breast Cancer Screening Publications