Research Early Detection

The Randomized Controlled Trials of Mammography Concluded that the magnitude of the reduction in advanced breast cancers was associated with the magnitude of the reduction in mortality.

Reducing Advanced Breast Cancer, Reduces Mortality from Breast Cancer.
A large study from the Netherlands confirms that finding breast cancer early still matters, even in light of recent advances in treatment.

If Early Detection of Breast Cancer Still Matters, Shouldn't Women with Dense Breast Tissue have access to Multi-Modal Screening?
Dense Breast Tissue is a Big League Deal as study concludes that it exceeds other risk factors, including obesity, family history, and later in life childbirth.

Authors found that if breast density could be reduced by a single breast density category, 13.4 percent of breast cancers in both pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women could be averted.
A Radiologist's Warning: What Breast Densty Means to You

Dr. Stacey Vitiello exposes the secret of dense breast tissue.

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.