Large and diffuse ductal carcinoma in situ: potentially lethal subtypes of “preinvasive” disease

PURPOSE Trials for DCIS have not explored whether outcomes for patients with large disease burden requiring mastectomy are comparable to those of patients with lumpectomy-amenable disease. We aim to identify whether patients with DCIS larger than 5 cm and diffuse-type DCIS differ in breast cancer mortality (BCM) from patients with disease less than 5 cm. METHODS Patients diagnosed with DCIS in the SEER program were assessed to identify factors...