Talk:Invasive carcinoma of no special type

Ductal carcinoma in situ (intraductal carcinoma)
Ductal carcinoma in situ (or DCIS) is the most common type of noninvasive breast cancer in women. Ductal carcinoma refers to the development of cancer cells within the milk ducts of the breast. In Situ means “in place” and refers to the fact that the cancer has not moved out of the duct and into any surrounding tissue. DCIS can be difficult to detect by physical examination and is usually discovered through a mammogram as very small specs of calcium known as microcalcifations.

Will work on an original entry
Sorry, was not trying to pull a fast one. My first attempt at creating a entry, good thing you guys stalk the sight 24/7. Able to weed out any possible infringements within minutes of its posting, even at 2 in the morning. Had such a hard time comming up with descent information regarding this type of cancer I was a little too eager to share it with others. I will wait until the iron claw lifts from this entry and start an original article.

Have started a temporary page reflecting the above entry
Its only one paragraph but I will work on it.

Disambiguation page
I followed a link to the disambiguation page Ductal carcinoma and found it very unhelpful. After following both links (to Infiltrating ductal carcinoma and to Ductal carcinoma in situ), I learned what I wanted to know; and furthermore, I realised that these two short articles could easily be combined into a single article at Ductal carcinoma. So I did this.

Obviously, as the size of Ductal carcinoma increases, people will one day want to recreate the separate articles Infiltrating ductal carcinoma and Ductal carcinoma in situ (or something similar). But when this happens, there should be a substantial introductory article at Ductal carcinoma, else confusion will reign once more.&mdash;Toby Bartels 22:25, 8 September 2006 (UTC) T

he DCIS seems also to be fond there and it seems to have a huge overlap. Actually I think Intraductal carcinoma is exacly DCIS, but I'm no expert. Also I would prefer having a own lemma. I hope someone with deeper knowledge monitors this page and can at least contact the experts. --Fano (talk) 17:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

We need more info in this article
DCIS is a very common disease, and this article needs more information. I added quite a bit and will come back when I have more time. I work for a research center that has worked extensively on this topic, and will add info from the National Institutes of Health and other major research centers. Drzuckerman 01:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Medical qualifications of the authors?
Just as much of the information on this MDC page is a little incorrect, I am wondering what medical qualifications the authors have and where their information came from. No disrespect intended, simply wishing to know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.0.79.104 (talk) 13:47, 3 June 2011 (UTC)


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Wiki Education assignment: WikiProject Medicine Winter 2023 UCF COM
— Assignment last updated by DLEMERGEBM (talk) 00:28, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this article. As part of an assignment, I’d like to list for consideration some edits and ideas I would like to contribute. Nrauto (talk) 21:21, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It looks like at one point information from the DCIS page was merged into this article, and then separated once both had gained more substance. Now it appears there is some leftover information addressing DCIS and other breast cancers. I would like to remove these.
 * Due to changes in the classification of this breast cancer, and the common use of the term 'invasive ductal carcinoma', there appears to be some ambiguity throughout the article regarding classification of breast cancers. I would like to change all 'IDC' to 'ICNST' just to be more consistent.
 * I might include a discussion of these changes in either the 'classification' section or in a new 'history' section
 * 'Causes' could include more detail such as risk factors and genetics for ICNST specifically
 * I would like to add an 'epidemiology' section
 * I would like to expound and focus the 'signs and symptoms' section
 * Under 'diagnosis', I would like to include a reference to the 'breast cancer screening' article, and add detail on receptor status
 * Under 'prognosis' I would like to remove discussion of DCIS and non-ICNST cancers, and include more up to date information on outcomes
 * I might include a section on the rare morphological variants mentioned in the introduction
 * I would like to find better references especially for sections that only reference non-medical books.


 * I really liked that you added Epidemiology section and that you added more details about the signs and symptoms. I also liked that you added information about receptor status under the diagnosis section. The prognosis section contains information about DCIS, and I was wondering if you are planning on removing it. Also, I was wondering if you are going to change the term "IDC" to "ICNST" under the prognosis section. Overall, your edits look great! Great job! Se759720 (talk) 14:19, 31 January 2023 (UTC)