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AYD MUSICFEST Held On June 28th At The Palace Theater

THANKS to ALL the supporters of the Are You Dense MusicFest which was held on June 28, 2014

Historic Palace Theater and Performing Arts Center Waterbury, CT

IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT!

Awesome Musical line-up featuring Danny Seraphine, Founding Member of Chicago w/ the CA Transit Authority

Click here for a short video of CTA

Also featured Breakout Artist the Year - Vincent Ingala Band

Raffle, Silent Auction, Champion & Esther Award Presentation

Donations may be made here.

Thank you for supporting our Mission to reduce missed, delayed and later stage breast cancer.

MusicFest 2014 poster: Danny Seraphine and the California Transit Authority, Saturday, June 28, Palace Theater, Waterbury

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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.