© 2003 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 6, 487,
March 19, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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Re: Detection of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Women Undergoing Screening Mammography
Correspondence to: Daniel B. Kopans, M.D., F.A.C.R., Avon Foundation Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 240, 15 Parkman St., Boston, MA 02114 (e-mail: kopans.daniel@mgh.harvard.edu).
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I was surprised to read that Ernster et al. (1) thought that they were the first to discover that the rate of screen-detected ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) increases with age while DCIS accounts for a progressively smaller percentage of the