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And if your mammography does not decent your cancer
What if you had a mammogram and the results did not show your cancer? That’s what happened to Annie Slight, a woman who was diagnosed at age 42 with a late diagnosis of stage 2, grade 3 breast cancer that was not detected during her routine mammogram. She told me her story and now wants to educate women about this little known factor that made all the difference for her: breast density.
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Breast density information to be included with all N.S. mammogram results
It’s a frightening statistic that far too many women in Nova Scotia are aware of: One in eight will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. But now the Nova Scotia health care system is aiming to give women new and potentially life-saving information on their breast health with every mammogram report. Women in the province will now be able to learn whether they have dense breasts with the results of their mammogram as part of the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program.
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Nova Scotia first province to include breast density results in all mammograms
Nova Scotia has become the first province to provide breast density results to all women who undergo a mammogram, using a new technology pioneered in-house. The standardized changes are effective immediately, with the new Densitas breast density assessment software already installed in screening centres across Nova Scotia.
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Breast Density Information Available
Information about breast density is an important part of breast cancer screening and ensuring early detection and treatment. That is why it will now be automatically included in a woman’s screening mammography report. Nova Scotia is the first province in Canada to use a software that assesses breast density and automatically shares results.
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Many women aren’t told they have dense breasts. Here’s why it matters
Until a few weeks ago, Brenda, 52, only had two mammograms — once when she turned 40 and again when she turned 50. Both came back clear.
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P.E.I. women can expect breast density notification this fall, officials say
‘We did include it in out platform and it is our intention to roll out this initiative’
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Dense breast awareness has skyrocketed in the past year, says advocate
But Jennie Dale explains more women need to be actively informed if their mammograms detect high density. Public awareness about how women’s breast density can affect their health has significantly improved over the last year, but there’s still much work to be done, says Jennie Dale.
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Breast density campaign helps spur change in province, ripples across Canada
Despite some gains, the fight to raise awareness was dealt a recent major blow, advocates say.Before the September provincial election, Quispamsis resident Kathy Kaufield started an online campaign in hopes party leaders would pledge to ensure New Brunswick women are informed about their breast density and the associated cancer risks.
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Breast density becoming an important issue for accurate screening of cancer
Are you dense? It sounds offensive, but it’s a question Canadians need to be asking, say advocates of a growing awareness campaign about breast density and its relation to increased cancer risk.
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Women’s Experience with the Health Care System
We’re Learning about women’s experience with the health care system with BC Women’s.
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Nova Scotia first province to include breast density results in all mammograms
Nova Scotia has become the first province in Canada to automatically assess breast density. As Elizabeth McSheffrey tells us, high breast density may increase the risk that cancer won’t be detected on a mammogram – making it an important risk factor to identify early.
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The Breast Screening Debate
The Agenda discusses controversy around the effectiveness of mammograms.
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Petition seeks to change breast cancer screening
A doctor with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre says that women should have a mammogram once a year.
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Concerns raised over new breast cancer screening guidelines.
Questions are being raised about whether new breast cancer screening guidelines – recommending that women under the age of 49 not be screened — are putting women at risk. As Heather Yourex-West explains, one cancer survivor diagnosed at 35 is asking why more women like her aren’t being offered routine screens.
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One women’s fight
Breast cancer experts say the lives of hundreds of Canadian women are at risk each year if Canada adopts new screening guidelines.
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Trish Macneill and Dr. Paula Gordon speak about the Issues in Manitoba with regards to breast density.
It can be a more significant risk factor than family history, when it comes to breast cancer. Yet many women are never told about their own breast density. Xiaoli Li speaks with a survivor about what she wishes she knew.
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B.C. women to have access to breast density info
The province announced all women getting mammograms will be told if they have dense breast tissue, something that can put them at greater risk of cancer.
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B.C. women will be first in Canada to get breast density information after mammograms
Beginning in October, B.C. will be the the first province in Canada to provide information about breast density to women and their doctors after their mammogram screening tests.
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Stories that made a difference
As the regular season draws to a close, White Coat, Black Art looks back at and updates some of the programs that “made a difference” — by sparking change and shedding light on under-reported issues.
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Dr. Paula Gordon speaks with Stephen Quinn on CBC’s Early Edition.
New breast cancer screening recommendations do more harm than good, argues UBC clinical professor.
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Saskatchewan breast cancer survivor shares how her breast cancer went undetected due to breast density.
Gayle Woloshyn had annual mammograms for 15 years, and yet her breast cancer went undetected. It’s all because she wasn’t told she has dense breasts. In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Gayle joins us now on the line to tell us how she hopes to see things change.
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What you need to know about dense breasts.
Kelly talks to Michelle Di Tomaso, co-founder of Dense Breasts Canada.
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Dense breasts and cancer detection White Coat Black Art.
Cinda Lambert on discovering that her dense breasts made cancer detection difficult on mammograms.
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Dr. Brian Goldman Hosts “White Coat, Black Art”.
Her dense breast tissue hid cancer for years. Now she’s warning others. Fibrous breast tissue can obscure or camouflage cancer in mammograms.In 2014, Michelle Di Tomaso was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. It came as a shock to her because she had undergone four clear mammograms.
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Telling women they have dense breasts could save lives, says cancer survivor.
Telling women they have dense breasts could save lives, says cancer survivor. Most women aren’t routinely informed if they have dense breasts, but the condition can mean cancers are less likely to show up on mammograms. Kathy Kaufield, a cancer survivor and advocate, wants doctors to be mandated to tell women.
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CBC Host Rachel Cave speaks with Kathy Kaufield.
Two years ago, Kathy Kaufield stood in the oncology department of the Saint John Regional Hospital, after completing months of chemotherapy as part of her treatment for breast cancer. She later learned that she has dense breasts, tissue that can obscure a mammogram image. She also learned the denser the breast, the higher the chance of developing cancer.
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