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BreastScreen NSW and Qld may be advising of your Breast Density in 2025 - cancer or not!
This article was in the Sun Herald yesterday ..... yet another woman who was given the all clear from BreastScreen NSW (same as me) only to have Breast Cancer diagnosed just months later. USA & UK ...
@arpie, yes, I had a great gp to suggest I also get mammograms and ultrasounds yearly, and it certainly helped detect my early breast cancer in 2020.
However for me, despite early detection and aggressive treatment of the disease with surgery, chemo, radium and AIs, I have been unfortunate to have the disease progress to being metastatic 3 years after it was diagnosed. This happened despite being told I would be fine, live till I am 90 and be just like others who never got bc.
I think many forget that despite all the treatment, even if identified early and awareness of breast density, the cancer can still progress to being metastatic. So yes detect early and raise awareness about risk including density etc but we still need more research for treatments.
However for me, despite early detection and aggressive treatment of the disease with surgery, chemo, radium and AIs, I have been unfortunate to have the disease progress to being metastatic 3 years after it was diagnosed. This happened despite being told I would be fine, live till I am 90 and be just like others who never got bc.
I think many forget that despite all the treatment, even if identified early and awareness of breast density, the cancer can still progress to being metastatic. So yes detect early and raise awareness about risk including density etc but we still need more research for treatments.