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Thanks! Are You Dense Ribbon Ride Was Phenomenal!

Thanks to all for a phenomenal 2nd Annual Ribbon Ride on SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014!!

Are You Dense? 2nd annual Ribbon Ride, a police-escorted motorcycle run hosted by Dr. Nancy M. Cappello

Riders heading down the road, a passenger in pink behind one of the motorcyclists

Ribbon Ride supports Are You Dense, Inc. Reducing missed, delayed and late-stage cancers in dense breasts. A great rider for an even greater cause!

Special Thanks to our Sponsors:

  • The Print Shop - Wolcott
  • Outback Steakhouse - Southington
  • Yankee Harley Davidson - Bristol
  • Scenic non-stop Police Escorted Ride through Litchfield Hills
  • Food/Vendors/ Live Music/Raffle

click here for the event poster!

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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.