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'Beyond the Mammogram'

Orange Coast Memorial Foundation and The Vince Ferragamo Foundation present 'Beyond the Mammogram.'

A beautiful beach setting for an Evening of Empowerment and Education as Dr. Richard Reitherman and Dr. Nancy Cappello tag team to discuss breast health, dense breasts and breast cancer screening. The Evening began with a Reception, overlooking the Pacific in Huntington Beach, California.

Health care Providers, Breast Cancer Survivors and Orange Coast Residents listened as Dr. Cappello told her common story of missed cancer by mammogram because of dense breast tissue. Her advanced cancer diagnosis and subsequent advocacy, which began in her home state of Connecticut, fueled a grassroots movement across the globe.

Dr. Richard Reitherman discussed the impact of dense breast tissue on the reliability of the mammogram and adjunct screening for women with dense breast tissue.

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Are You Dense? Fact #1:
Breast density is one of the strongest predictors of the failure of mammography screening to detect cancer.
Are You Dense? Fact #2:
Two-thirds of pre-menopausal women and 40% of post-menopausal women have dense breast tissue.
Are You Dense? Fact #3:
Adding more sensitive tests to mammography significantly increase detection of invasive cancers that are small and node negative.
Are You Dense? Fact #4:
American College of Radiology describes women with "Dense Breast Tissue" as having a higher than average risk of Breast Cancer.
Are You Dense? Fact #5:
While a mammogram detects 98% of cancers in women with fatty breasts, it finds only 48% in women with dense breasts.
Are You Dense? Fact #6:
A woman at average risk and a woman at high risk have an EQUAL chance of having their cancer masked by mammogram.
Are You Dense? Fact #7:
Women with dense breasts who had breast cancer have a four times higher risk of recurrence than women with less-dense breasts.
Are You Dense? Fact #8:
A substantial proportion of Breast Cancer can be attributed to high breast density alone.
Are You Dense? Fact #9:
Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than those with the most fatty tissue.
Are You Dense? Fact #10
There are too many women who are unaware of their breast density, believe their “Happy Gram” when it reports no significant findings and are at risk of receiving a later stage cancer diagnosis.