• Lesley Fallowfield, Lucy Matthews, Adele Francis, Valerie Jenkins, and Daniel Rea.
• Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer (SHORE-C), Brighton & Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. Electronic address: l.j.fallowfield@sussex.ac.uk.
• Breast. 2014 Oct 1; 23 (5): 693-6.

BackgroundIn the absence of definitive data about the natural history of DCIS the appropriateness of describing DCIS as cancer is controversial.MethodsWe conducted a survey amongst British Breast Group (BBG) members, to determine which descriptions of DCIS were deemed most accurate and appropriate.Results54/73 (74%) attendees completed the survey: A majority (34/54; 63%) said they would be comfortable using the description that explained DCIS as abnormal cells in the milk ducts that had not spread into other breast tissue and which did not need urgent treatment as if it was breast cancer and this description was overall the most preferred (24/54; 44%).ConclusionsLittle consensus exists regarding how best to explain low grade DCIS to patients.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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