Our Stories
Dr. Nancy Cappello's Story
I did what the medical field and the countless number of cancer advocacy groups told me. I ate healthy, exercised daily, had yearly mammograms AND had no first-degree relative with breast cancer. Little did I know... Read More
Elaine's cancer was a massive 9 cm tumor - NOT seen on mammogram but found on Ultrasound!
"How many stories do we need to hear before additional screening is the norm for women with dense breasts" shouts Elaine! Read More
Roberta heard about dense breast tissue but never knew what it meant to her. Six months after a "normal" mammogram, she felt a lump which was later confirmed to be an advanced stage breast cancer!
Learning from her own tragedy of a late stage diagnosis, Roberta exclaims, "Now I know what dense breast tissue is. I vow to expose the secret of dense breast tissue so that other women will not have to travel this road! Read More
From Stage 0 to Stage IV in a matter of months. Why wasn't Lori offered an additional screening tool to supplement her annual mammograms because of her breast density?
Lori was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer despite 7 years of "normal" mammograms. Read More
Her2-Positive Breast Cancer was detected by MRI not mammogram.
Even though her mammogram saw "nothing" Collin, who had dense breasts, felt that something was not right as the rash on her breast did not go away - so she fought for an MRI and cancer was found! Read More
Deborah's mammography report stated that there were no findings of cancer yet her gynecologist recommended an ultrasound because she has dense breast tissue and an early stage 1 cancer was found!
Deborah received a letter stating that her mammogram was fine yet within weeks cancer was found. What if her gynecologist did not recommend an ultrasound as a routine supplemental screening because Debbie has dense breast tissue? Read More
Mammogram failed to find second cancer on Linda who had breast cancer 7 years before!
Linda asks, "why didn't the medical professionals recommend an ultrasound or MRI as a supplement to the mammogram for a patient who is high risk for recurrence?" Read More
Early Stage Cancer found by routine ultrasound screening!
Please ask your doctor if you need an ultrasound as part of your annual screening. It might save your life...it did mine says Lynne. Read More
Bilateral Mastectomy after ultrasound finds 2 cm tumor that mammogram missed!
Barb is very thankful that her surgeon recommended ultrasound as a screening tool. Read More
Two months after a "normal" mammogram, Patty had a mastectomy!
Three tumors found by ultrasound after a "normal" mammogram just two months prior. Read More
Ultrasound found cancer on otherwise "normal" mammogram!
Pat was very fortunate that her Radiologist recommended an ultrasound on an otherwise "normal" mammogram. Read More
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Submit your story to demonstrate the limitations of mammogram to detect cancer in women with dense breast tissue, the importance of a woman's knowledge of her breast density and/or the importance of utilizing additional screening measures to detect cancer in women with dense breast tissue.
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