Seeking Qld DCIS-diagnosed women to interview

Hello everyone,

I am a journalist with Qweekend magazine, the Saturday colour magazine of The Courier-Mail, Brisbane. I'm putting together a responsibly researched article about the efficacy of mammography, and in particular whether women are over-diagnosed through detection of DCIS, which might otherwise remain in situ, and not cause any grief during a woman's lifetime.

Obviously, once DCIS IS detected, most women opt for treatment -- either surgery or radiation or other drugs. Since there is at the moment no sophisticated diagnostic tools which will tell precisely WHICH DCIS will progress into invasive cancers, very few women opt for no treatment, and are willing to adopt a wait-and-see approach.

I'd be keen to talk to anyone who wants to talk about the course of treatment they took following a DCIS diagnosis. Does anyone regret going down the surgery course? Is there anyone out there who has the nerves of steel to adopt a wait-and-see approach? (I don't have figures yet, but the vast majority of women choose surgery).

I can be contacted at susan.johnson@news.com.au or on 07 3666 6607. Many thanks

Best wishes,

Susan Johnson