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Dr. Cappello receives the SWIM award from St. Vincent's Foundation

Dr. Nancy Cappello, President and Founder of Are You Dense, Inc., was recognized for her continued pursuit of an early breast cancer detection for women with dense breast tissue.  St. Vincent's Foundation presented Dr. Cappello with the distinguised SWIM Across the Sound Award. Since her advanced stage diagnosis in 2004, after a decade of "normal" mammograms, Dr. Cappello has fought for justice for women with dense breast tissue - by ensuring that all women know their breast density and what it means to them for early detection. Women with dense breast tissue need to have access to the appropriate screening tools to find cancer at its earliest stage when it is most treatable.

The luncheon's featured speaker was Geralyn Lucas, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28.  Her story is featured in her book and movie, "Why I Wore Lipstick to my Mastectomy."

To view a picture of Geralyn Lucas, Dr. Nancy Cappello and members of the board of directors of Are You Dense, Inc. Catherine Bauer and Inga Lee Puentas click here. 

View a short video of the presentation of the SWIM award to Dr. Cappello:

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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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