Diseases and Conditions
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Overview
Symptoms
Causes
Risk factors
Diagnosis
Treatment
Alternative medicine
Coping and support
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Risk factors
Factors that may increase your risk of DCIS include:
- Increasing age
- Personal history of benign breast disease, such as atypical hyperplasia
- Family history of breast cancer
- Never having been pregnant
- Having your first baby after age 30
- Having your first period before age 12
- Beginning menopause after age 55
- Genetic mutations that increase the risk of breast cancer, such as those in the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2
