Thursday, May 24, 2012
Do you have dense breasts? An FDA advisory panel has recently approved a medical device that improves the effectiveness of your annual mammogram screening.Did you know that breast density has been identified as a leading risk factor for breast cancer? And that women identified as having dense breasts...
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Ten Breast Cancer Myths Debunked 
When Breast Cancer Returns: 10 Things to Know About Metastatic Breast Cancer 
This sounds like a great advance in finding tumors. Do we have any idea when it will be widely available in the U.S.?
It's available - but is up to hospitals to decide to use it. Apparently many hospitals already have the equipment, but choose not to take the extra step of using it. As I understand it, previous versions weren't very good; so hospital personnel may be wary of trying this newest incarnation... PJH