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Michigan Breast Density Reporting Law Effective June 1st: What's in your Bra?

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Michigan Breast Density Reporting Bill becomes Law on June 1st. The Detroit Free Press and WOTV 4 Women tackled the impact of dense breast tissue on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer.  Teresa Hendricks-Piltsch worked tirelessly to advocate for density reporting to Michigan women as her advanced stage breast cancer was missed for years by mammography.  Teresa reports," My surgeon reported that my tumor most likely had been growing for years." And for years her mammography reporting results reported NORMAL.

Dr. Nancy Cappello, who, like Teresa, had an advanced stage breast cancer, metastasized to 13 lymph nodes, within weeks of her 11th NORMAL mammogram.  It was only at this time, did her team of docs inform her of the impact of Dense Breast Tissue on the reliability of her mammograms.  "My radiologist knew about my dense breasts; my referring doctor knew about it; everybody seemed to know but me," reported Dr. Cappello.

Read the entire Detroit Free News Here.
 
Read and review educational materials from WOTV 4 Women Here.
 
Post Script
Hypocrisy?  Dr. Renee Wayne Pinsky who testified against the Michigan bill is taking credit for it now.
In The Detroit Free Press Publication above, Pinsky seems to credit herself for fine-tuning Michigan’s Law - But survivors watched in horror as Pinsky testified AGAINST the bill. 

Maybe she had a change in heart as she reviewed the decades of studies on the impact of density on mammography reliability.

Hear what she said one year ago:  https://youtu.be/mR9r2zc5KsM as she responded to Sen. Rebekah Warren's question May 8, 2014.  Does she appear to have the best interest of the patient-consumer?  

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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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