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What is stage 0 breast cancer? Tina Knowles, recently diagnosed and treated for stage 1, said she’d never heard of it—and she’s not alone

Tina Knowles, mother of Beyonce and Solange and author of a just-released memoir, revealed this week that she had been treated for stage 1 breast cancer last July. She noted how lucky she felt to have ...
USA Today

Are doctors overtreating early-stage breast cancer? Is active monitoring as safe?

Cancer is typically treated with surgery, radiation and sometimes chemotherapy. But a new study suggests this standard protocol might not be necessary for a common form of early-stage breast cancer.
Medscape

For DCIS, Outcomes With Excision Alone Acceptable at 5 Years

October 27, 2009 — Women with low- to intermediate-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with margins 3 mm or wider had an "acceptably low rate" of ipsilateral breast events 5 years after excision ...
Yahoo

What is stage 0 breast cancer? Tina Knowles, recently diagnosed and treated for stage 1, said she’d never heard of it—and she’s not alone

Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mom, has just shared that she was treated for breast cancer. Tina Knowles, mother of Beyonce and Solange and author of a just-released memoir, revealed this week that she had ...