Patient Friendly Tools

With collaboration from Madre Latina Inc., a video in Spanish w/English Captions urges women to be smart about their screening options.

A survivor's story, a call to breast health action from a Latina Leader and a Physician, frame this compelling video.
Hear Leslie's compelling story of invisible cancer on mammography and her crusade to get an ultrasound.

Her advocacy for her own cancer, led her to advocate for the Vermont Density Reporting Bill Now Law!
Dr. Cappello tells Senate Staff why legislators NOT docs became BreastDensity Reporting Champions.

When docs refused to disclose impact of Dense Breast Tissue on reliability of Mammography, Connecticut Legislators Stepped In.
Risk Assessment tools that includes a woman's breast tissue composition

Do you know that dense tissue is an independent risk factor for breast cancer? Your risk assessment must include your dense tissue for an accurate assessment of risk.

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.