Choosing to Wait: A New Approach to Breast Cancer at Its Earliest Stages
“My daughter’s initial reaction was, ‘Mom, if it was me, I’d take it out,‘” Laura Colletti, 60, recalls.
Colletti was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as Stage 0 breast cancer, in April 2014. But rather than immediately having surgery, Colletti opted for an alternative—something called active surveillance.