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Are You Dense Inc. Partners with Life Saving Images Inc. to Bring R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Program to Merced CA

April 19, 2016 Merced, CA: Nancy M. Cappello, Ph.D., Executive Director and Founder of two non-profit organizations, Are You Dense Inc. and  Are You Dense Advocacy Inc., and Jim Drury, CEO of Life Saving Images Inc.  a California based software and technology provider, announce the start of a pioneering breast cancer education and screening program to reduce late stage breast cancer in the beautiful city of Merced, California. 

Dr. Cappello met with city of Merced Leaders, Steven S. Carrigan, City Manager and Frank Quintero, Director of Economic Development when she visited the beautiful city of Merced CA with Mr. Drury in early April. 

R.A.D.I.C.A.L. stands for Reducing Advanced Disease In Cities And Localities.

MERCED Steven Frank 4.6.16.jpg                                          Steven S. Carrigan, City Manager, Dr. Nancy Cappello and Frank Quintero, Director of Economic Development

“The RADICAL program is expected to help Merced achieve a very low risk of late stage breast cancer, reducing a major threat to our women, our families and our community,” reports the city manager of Merced, Steve Carrigan.  “Merced will become a low risk breast cancer zone and take another step as a center of health innovation and health research, which is one of our strategic goals. We are very supportive of these efforts to make Merced a leader in health and software innovation through RADICAL,” continues Mr. Carrigan.

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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.

     
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