My Estranged Sister Didn’t Tell Me She Had Breast Cancer
Does a woman who hates her sister owe it to her to reveal a breast cancer diagnosis, since family history is a major risk factor for this disease? • What is the right thing to [...]
MRI Breast Cancer Screening for Non-Dense Breasts? Why Not?
If the MRI is so sensitive to picking up cancer in very dense breasts, why shouldn’t women with non-dense or fatty breasts ALSO benefit from annual MRIs? After all, MRIs can pick up a lot [...]
Dense Breasts: What an Automated Breast Ultrasound Feels Like
The automated breast screening ultrasound is the latest technology that women with dense breasts should have. Perhaps the biggest advantage to this technology is that it pretty much eliminates operator error. […]
Can a Woman Make Her Breasts Less Dense with Diet or Exercise?
Dense breasts are a risk factor for breast cancer. In fact, it’s one of the higher risk factors for this disease when the density level is considered to be extremely and even heterogeneously dense. A [...]
Tomosynthesis vs. Regular Mammogram for Dense Breasts
Is the 3D (tomosynthesis) mammogram worth it for dense breasts vs. the 2D (regular) mammogram? “3D mammography vs. 2D mammography showed increased cancer detection, clinically significant for women with scattered and heterogeneously dense breast tissue [...]
Breast Density Cancer Danger: Truth or Hype?
Dense breast tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer, but there's another big problem with dense breasts: Mammograms are harder to read. So though there may be inconsistent research findings regarding just how much [...]
Convincing a Doctor Dense Breasts Are a Serious Cancer Risk
Not all doctors are on board with the studies that clearly show dense breasts are a significant risk factor for breast cancer. If your doctor isn't convinced, here's material you can present to your doctor. [...]
Can Women with Very Small Breasts Get a Mammogram?
Is a mammogram possible for women with very small breasts? Very small breasts and the mammogram: If you’re a woman who’s approaching the age at which it would be a wise idea to start getting [...]
Extremely Dense Breasts: Mammograms & Advanced Imaging
It's not pretty finding out you have "extremely dense" breasts -- because this is a big risk factor for breast cancer; what makes this worse is that a tumor can pass as benign fibrous tissue [...]
How Often Women with Dense Breasts Should Get Mammogram
Women with dense breasts have a significantly increased risk of breast cancer. Is the yearly mammogram often enough for adequate for tumor detection? Because dense tissue increases the risk of breast cancer, one may wonder [...]
How to Tell if a Doctor Misses a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
How can you ever know if your breast cancer has been missed by your doctor? There are potential tell-tale signs of a breast cancer misdiagnosis that every woman should know. It is entirely possible for [...]
