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Breast Density Notification Gains Momentum

"The Connecticut bill was prompted in part by the experience of Nancy Cappello, PhD, a Connecticut woman who received a diagnosis of advanced-stage breast cancer in 2004, at age 51. Because Cappello had dense breast tissue, her cancer was not discovered by annual mammograms, even though she had already received more than 10. To address the issue of breast density, Cappello founded Are You Dense, Inc., an organization that urges women to be informed about dense breast tissue and how it affects early detection of breast cancer. Out of Are You Dense has come the Density Education National Survivors' Effort (DENSE), a grassroots organization that supports further breast density notification legislation, Cappello told AuntMinnie.com."

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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.