#areyoudense

#ThursdayThoughts from Joan Lunden: “spotting cancer in dense breast tissue is like finding a snowball in a snowstorm.”

Dr. Nancy Cappello's mammograms detected nothing. Now she is on a quest to protect women with dense breast tissue.

Are you Dense?  educates the public about the risks and screening challenges of dense breast tissue and its impact on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer. They aim to improve the condition of those diagnosed with breast cancer by educating about the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of living with the disease, advocate changes to public policy and breast cancer guidelines, and support new and existing research about the casual and screening risks of dense breast tissue and its impact on advanced disease.

Are you Dense? educates the public about the risks and screening challenges of dense breast tissue and its impact on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer. They aim to improve the condition of those diagnosed with breast cancer by educating about the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of living with the disease, advocate changes to public policy and breast cancer guidelines, and support new and existing research about the casual and screening risks of dense breast tissue and its impact on advanced disease.

Are you Dense? educates the public about the risks and screening challenges of dense breast tissue and its impact on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer. They aim to improve the condition of those diagnosed with breast cancer by educating about the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of living with the disease, advocate changes to public policy and breast cancer screening guidelines, and support new and existing research about the causal and screening risks of dense breast tissue and its impact on advanced disease. 

Are you Dense? educates the public about the risks and screening challenges of dense breast tissue and its impact on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer. They aim to improve the condition of those diagnosed with breast cancer by educating about the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of living with the disease,advocate changes to public policy and breast cancer screening guidelines, and support new and existing research about the causal and screening risks of dense breast tissue and its impact on advanced disease. 

Are you Dense? educates the public about the risks and screening challenges of dense breast tissue and its impact on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer. They aim to IMPROVE THE CONDITION of those diagnosed with breast cancer by educating about the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of living with the disease, ADVOCATE CHANGES TO PUBLIC POLICY and breast cancer screening guidelines, and SUPPORT NEW AND EXISTING RESEARCH about the causal and screening risks of dense breast tissue and its impact on advanced disease. 

40% of women have dense tissue. And for them mammograms might be missing early detection of breast cancer. This week I spent some time talking about breasts. GE Healthcare hosted a conversation titled: Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Just knowing your family history is not enough. The session was part of … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/16rK2Fa