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Governor Matt Bevin Signs Kentucky's Breast Density Reporting Bill into Law

Representative Jim DuPlessis lead the legislative efforts for the past two sessions.
Several states join the Density Reporting Grassroots movement, birthed in Connecticut in 2009.

New Density Reporting Bills in the U.S.
From her spare bedroom office in Woodbury CT, Dr. Cappello joins legal and scientific scholars to keynote Breast Density Forum in Australia.

The Critical Screening and Causal Risk of Dense Breast Tissue is Global.
Joan Lunden joins Dr. Cappello at FDA meeting to standardized the reporting of dense tissue to patients.

Five years have passed since the MQSA committee of the FDA agreed to publish regulations to protect women from late stage breast cancer.
The Board of Directors celebrate Dr. Cappello's honor for Awareness, Advocacy and Action from the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.

Jane Pauley, Rebecca Lobo and Dr. Joyce Yerwood inducted in the CT Women's Hall of Fame at Ceremony honoring Dr. Cappello among other Connecticut Women shaping the world for Wellness.

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.