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Dr. Cappello Lectures At UPENN On Dense Breast Tissue & Advocacy Efforts

Dr. Cappello Lectures at UPENN 

Dr. Cappello's lecture was entitled, "Breast Cancer UNawareness: The Impact of Dense Breast Tissue on Missed, Delayed, and Advanced Cancers.  Dr. Despina Kontos, PENN researcher, met Dr. Cappello at the University of California-San Francisco last May when Dr. Cappello lectured at a research conference on Dense Breast Tissue and Risk.  Dr. Kontos invited Dr. Cappello to PENN to lecture to scientists, physicians, doctoral and medical students. 

Joining Dr. Cappello was Pennsylvania Activist, Cindy Spinello, who with her husband Greg, advocated for PA Breast Density Reporting Bill.  The law was signed by the PA Governor in November, 2013. 

Dr. Emily Conant, Professor and Chief, Division of Breast Imaging at PENN, joined Dr. Cappello on Good Day Philly discussing the importance of dense breast tissue on breast health. View Fox Video  


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Dr. Cappello w/Dr. Conant on Good Day PHILLY

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In the Green Room at Fox Studios Philadelphia
Dr. Conant, Dr. 'Mike' PENN Physician & Fox 29 Medical Anchor, Dr. Cappello & Cindy Spinello

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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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