Since I was 40, I had a mammogram each year, which failed to detect any cancer. At 48, I felt a lump, which was determined cancerous by way of ultrasound and confirmed by biopsy. Once again a mammogram was performed, but with “C” density, the cancer was not visible. I was told that, based on the size and spread, the cancer had likely been growing for the prior 4-5 years (!)<\/p>\n
I subsequently had a partial mastectomy, which was unsuccessful, and then went on to double mastectomy and reconstruction. No chemo or radiation, so I consider myself very fortunate.<\/p>\n
The BC Cancer Screening centre continued to send me mammogram reminder notices for two years after my surgeries. Clearly these agencies do not connect with one another.<\/p>\n
The evidence shows that it is overdue for women with dense breasts to be able to obtain an ultrasound annually, just as with mammograms.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Depuis l'\u00e2ge de 40 ans, je passe chaque ann\u00e9e une mammographie qui ne d\u00e9tecte aucun cancer. \u00c0 48 ans, j'ai senti une grosseur, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 jug\u00e9e canc\u00e9reuse par \u00e9chographie et confirm\u00e9e par biopsie. Une fois de plus, une mammographie a \u00e9t\u00e9 effectu\u00e9e, mais avec une densit\u00e9 \"C\", le cancer n'\u00e9tait pas visible. On m'a dit que, sur la base de...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n