{"slug":"overdiagnosis","tag":"overdiagnosis","variants":["overdiagnosis"],"description":"No description yet","count":1,"kinds":{"cancer":1},"related":[{"slug":"breast","tag":"breast","shared":1}],"records":[{"id":"ductal-carcinoma-in-situ","kind":"cancer","name":"Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)","route":"/cancers/ductal-carcinoma-in-situ/","tldr":"DCIS is abnormal cells confined to the milk ducts of the breast; it is not yet invasive cancer and cannot spread, but some would become invasive if left. Lumpectomy with radiotherapy, or mastectomy, halves local recurrence, so the live question is which low-risk DCIS can safely be watched: the COMET trial (2024) found active monitoring no worse at two years."}]}