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Are You Dense MusicFest June 16, 2018

Oh What A Night! A Fabulous Show of Support from Our Sponsors, Volunteers, Community for the 10th MusicFest and Anniversary of the birth of Are You Dense Inc.

Presenting Sponsors

Yale New Haven Health Smilow Cancer Hospital and Ge Healthcare

10th Anniversary of the Breast Cancer Organization, Are You Dense Inc., which Ignited the Global Breast Health Movement

Honoring Dr Marco Verga, Diagnostic Radiology Associates and Mary Deming, President & Founder Seymour Pink

Honoree Dr. Marco Verga with Dr. Nancy Cappello and two guests at the Are You Dense? backdropHonoree Mary Deming holding her Esther Award beside Dr. Nancy Cappello

MusicFest 2018 poster: The Doo Wop Project and Jacob Tolliver as Jerry Lee Lewis, Saturday, June 16, Palace Theater

Pink Ribbon Partners

Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center

FujiFilm

Philips

VIPink Reception

Beekley Medical

Diagnostic Radiology Associates

Spectrum Associates

Media Sponsor

Republican-American

The Connecticut Community Foundation will match the first $1000.00 raised for Are You Dense Inc., before and during the MusicFest Benefit.

Connecticut Community Foundation

Headlining the sensational 10th Anniversary MusicFest is the Doo-Wop Project, Broadway Legends from Jersey Boys and Motown the Musical.

Back by popular demand and standing ovations from MusicFest 2017 is Jacob Tolliver as Jerry Lee Lewis who played to crowds at Las Vegas Harrods in the Broadway hit, Million Dollar Quartet. Jacob Tolliver as Jerry Lee Lewis singing at the piano on stageDoor open at 6pm with Raffle, silent auction and the 'Sounds of Leo' in the historic Palace Theater atrium and lobby.

VIP ticket holders include premier seating plus a post-show reception with refreshments, a meet and greet the artists, and Music.

Honoring

Dr. Marco Verga

Dr. Marco Verga, Physician/Leader Diagnostic Radiology Associates with the Champion Award

Mary Deming

Mary Deming, President & Founder, Seymour Pink, Inc. with the Esther Award

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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.