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Breast Disease Society Supports Patient Information On Breast Density/Issues Statement on 3D

The American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) issued a statement to help physicians inform women on how breast density affects breast cancer screening. "We applaud the strong support for more effective breast screeing that new breast density state legislation provides women and their physicians, " said Dr. Stephen A. Feig, ASBD's President.

"In our view, breast cancer screeing today is best seen as a multidiscplinary process, not a single test. As part of the process we support women being informed participants . . . "

Read the American Society of Breast Disease's statement on Breast Density - Making Informed Decisions - Breast Density.

The ASBD also issued a statement on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. "A standard two-view analog or digital mammogram does not detect all cancers. In fact, the sensitivity of mammography decreases as the density of breast tissue increases. Holland et al. found that 76% of missed cancers occurred in dense breasts. Published studies show the sensitivity of mammography in women with extremely dense breast tissue is 30% compared with 80% for women with very little dense tissue."

You may read the rest of the statement on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Here.

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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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