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Are You Dense Day at the Capitol - Breast Cancer Awareness to Action!

Legislators, Public Officials, Breast Cancer Survivor, Physicians and Advocates joined together to recognize Connecticut's Global Impact in Breast Health at the 3rd Annual Are You Dense Day at the Capitol in Hartford, CT.

Hosted by Dr. Nancy Cappello, the Program Featured:

Damian Musello and Cindy Cardillo, Massachusetts Density Awareness Coalition Advocates;

Dr. Jean Weigert, Section Head-Mammography at Hospital of Central Connecticut & Past-President Radiological Society of CT;

Jan Kritzman Patient Advocate & Breast Cancer Survivor;

Claudia White, CT Breast Cancer Survivor; and 

Public Officials and Legislators

Download Flyer Here.

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Damian Musello and Cindy Cardillo, MA Advocates, with Dr. Nancy Cappello 
at Are You Dense Day at the Capitol 2015

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Dr. Jean Weigert, Past-President of the Connecticut Radiological Society with Dr. Nancy Cappello.  

Dr Weigert's published research for 4 years demonstrates a significant detection of small, early stage, node negative cancers on patients with dense breast tissue and normal mammograms using adjunct screening ultrasound.  The Positive predictive value has improved over the four years to an acceptable level equal to mammography.  

 

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What is Dense Breast Tissue?

How Do I Know if I Have Dense Breast Tissue?

What Do I Do if I Have Dense Breast Tissue?

  
  • 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.

     
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