Name: Vanda
Country: Australia
Date of Diagnosis: 2011
Age of Diagnosis: 46
Stage at Diagnosis: Stage 2B
How was cancer detected?: Ultrasound & MRI
Due to my family history that my maternal grandmother and great grandmother had breast cancer, I received a mammogram and ultrasound since my first screening at 40. While the breast specialist mentioned that I had DENSE BREASTS, I never knew the extent of its impact on MY mammography screening. In 2011, my mammogram came out 'all clear/normal.' Only after a very thorough ultrasound by an experienced radiologist was my lesion/tumor discovered. Only the MRI depicted the actual picture as following the MRI, smaller tumors were found in the same breast and hyperplasia in the other breast. I would strongly suggest to all women with dense breast tissue to NOT rely on mammogram alone, even with an experienced radiologist. It's your life - you take control and demand an MRI.
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