We are midway through October 2018, Breast Cancer Awareness month and I realised today that it will be 3 yrs in December since I heard the words, you have Breast Cancer. In those 3 years I have learned a good deal about Breast Cancer and in particular a little known or spoken about risk factor … More What I have learned about Being Dense
Please watch the film in the link below and then share this with friends and family today. Most women don’t know what Breast Density is and 40% of women have Dense Breasts. Mammograms are an important screening tool in the fight against breast cancer, but did you know that having dense breasts is one of … More Breast Density Risk Awareness
There are two groups of women when it comes to screening mammography — women in whom mammography works very well and has saved thousands of lives and women in whom it doesn’t work well at all. Do you know which group you’re in? If you don’t, you’re not alone. Because the breast has become … More Physician and Breast Cancer researcher- Deborah Rhodes on breast density risk
Widower completes wife’s dying wish with new mammogram law Like 40 percent of women, Cheri Rauth had dense breast tissue. Yearly mammograms could not spot the cancer that was forming inside her body; it was not detected until she had an ultrasound and biopsy. Bill Rauth, Cheri’s husband explains IRISH radiologists and cancer screening specialists … More Breast Density Reporting Law in Nebraska
This a very detailed report but worth sharing. http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/187468_en.html Are medical professionals in Ireland speaking out about the risks asociated with breast density? Why is our Irish national breast screening service not advising women in relation to breast density? Will your radiologist pass on your breast density information? ASK for it at your next mammogram. … More European Commission : CORDIS : Projects & Results Service : Final Report Summary – ASSURE (Adapting Breast Cancer Screening Strategy Using Personalised RiskEstimation)
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