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Dr. Cappello joins Nevada Public Radio Host to Talk Dense Breasts and Legislation

Host Carrie Kaufman leads the discussion as Dr. Nancy Cappello joins Assemblyman James Ohrenschall at the Nevada Public Radio Studios in Las Vegas to discuss Nevada's Legislative Efforts to Report Density to Patients. Joining Cappello and Ohrenschall is Breast Specialist Dr. Joseph Contino at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada.

Topics covered:

  • Advocating for the Nevada Legislation - including its challenges...
  • Why is Dense Breast Tissue so Important to Breast Health?
  • A Breast Specialist Discusses the Impact of Dense Breast Tissue on Screening
  • The Global Impact of Are You Dense Inc. and Are You Dense Advocacy Inc.
  • What about Insurance Coverage for Adjunct Screening?
  • What's Next for Nevada's Legislative Efforts?

Listen to the educational discussion as KNPR reports on Dense Breast Tissue here.

Dr. Cappello and a fellow guest wearing headphones at the KNPR Nevada Public Radio studio microphones

Dr. Cappello with fellow guests in the KNPR studio

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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.