Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

ASO Author Reflections: Delays in the Treatment of DCIS—What are the Costs?

  • ASO Author Reflections
  • Published:
Annals of Surgical Oncology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Elshof LE, Schmidt MK, Rutgers EJ, van Leeuwen FE, Wesseling J, Schaapveld M. Cause-specific mortality in a population-based cohort of 9799 women treated for ductal carcinoma in situ. Ann Surg. 2018;267(5):952–8.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Wiechmann L, Kuerer HM. The molecular journey from ductal carcinoma in situ to invasive breast cancer. Cancer. 2008;112(10):2130–42.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Sue GR, Lannin DR, Killelea B, Tsangaris T, Chagpar AB. Does time to definitive treatment matter in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ? Am Surg. 2013;79(6):561–5.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Bleicher RJ, Ruth K, Sigurdson ER, et al. Time to surgery and breast cancer survival in the United States. JAMA Oncol. 2016;2(3):330–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Ward WH, DeMora L, Handorf E, et al. Preoperative delays in the treatment of DCIS and the associated incidence of invasive breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07844-4

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Grimm LJ, Ryser MD, Partridge AH, et al. Surgical upstaging rates for vacuum assisted biopsy proven DCIS: implications for active surveillance trials. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017;24(12):3534–40.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, USA

    William H. Ward MD, MS

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Richard J. Bleicher MD

Authors
  1. William H. Ward MD, MS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Richard J. Bleicher MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Richard J. Bleicher MD.

Ethics declarations

Disclosures

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, “Preoperative Delays in the Treatment of DCIS and the Associated Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07844-4.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ward, W.H., Bleicher, R.J. ASO Author Reflections: Delays in the Treatment of DCIS—What are the Costs?. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 397–398 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-08062-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-08062-8

Search

Navigation