A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of UK Breast Surgeons’ Views on the Management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ

Table 4

Treatment and factors to advise sentinel lymph node biopsy and their agreement with guidelines (percentage in each group ()). NICE guideline 2009 (early breast cancer) [2].

		Disagree	Neither disagree nor agree	Agree	% responses agree; with guideline
Treatment	Use of radiotherapy in low-grade DCIS	22 (11)	6 (3)	71 (35)	22
	Use of tamoxifen in low-grade DCIS	65 (32)	20 (10)	14 (7)	65
	Use of tamoxifen in high-grade DCiS	41 (20)	12 (6)	47 (23)	41
Factors to advise sentinel lymph node biopsy	Palpable lump	35 (17)		65 (32)	65
	Large lesion (>5 cm)	45 (22)		55 (27)	45
	Family history of invasive breast cancer	94 (46)		6 (3)	94
	Extensive microcalcifications on mammogram	73 (36)		27 (13)	27
	Nipple discharge	96 (47)		4 (2)	96