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Congressman John Larson Honors Are You Dense, Inc. at CT State Capitol

2nd Annual Are You Dense Day recognized Connecticut's landmark education and legislative efforts on the impact of dense breast tissue.

Hosted by Dr. Nancy Cappello

Congressman John Larson presented Are You Dense Inc. & Are You Dense Advocacy with the Nancy Pilver Breast Cancer Awareness Award for its dense breast tissue education and advocacy efforts across the globe.

Joining Dr. Cappello were density reporting advocates Dr. Nicole Saphier, Arizona, and Ann Galligan Kelley, Rhode Island, discussing their successful advocacy for state legislation.

Ann Galligan Kelley, Dr. Cappello and Dr. Nicole Saphier

Dr.Julie Gershon, CT Breast Radiologist and Jan Kritzman, Advocate and Breast Cancer Survivor, discussed the impact of dense breast tissue on missed, delayed and later-stage cancers.

Dr. Julie Gershon, Dr. Nancy Cappello and Jan Kritzman

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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.