Breast Density

It's noted on your mammogram so you can ask for a printout of those results. Mammogram results should be sent to your BS and GP, so you can ask them.

If your breast tissue is dense you should ask for an ultrasound and a 3D mammogram. K xox

So my question is how do you find out / who do you ask.  My BC was caught very early stage after a Mammogram call back.  Mammo picked up the DCIS but not the small tumor, the lady that did the US found the small lump so I'm a bit nervous that my surgeon has said all I will need is annual Mammo from now on for the remaining boob.

The only good thing about this with regard to Australia is that if it proves effective with such a huge study, surely it can't be ignored.

I'm still in the dark about my density.  My breasts used to be dense but what the remaining one is now, I don't know.  At my screening last year, I had two different answers from two different doctors.

No, we don't get told. Heaven forbid we should be informed about our own bodies. Something that affects the efficacy of tests for CANCER, a disease that can kill us. No, don't tell us, we wouldn't be interested at all...

I didn't realise i had dense breasts till after my mammogram post bc when it states in the report that i had heterogeneously dense breasts. I thought by my age, early 50s, there would have been more fatty tissue in them but obviously not.

And you have to ask - if men's testicles had various levels of density ..... what's the bet that THEY would be told to have the necessary additional screening to find the tumours?  AND I bet they'd all be subsidised by Medicare!

A friend who's into watching the stockmarket just sent me this. While this is for a commercial product, a study of 40,000 women is considerable.

The excuses from BreastScreen Australia, except WA of course, are starting to look very thin...

I would have thought if people were aware they had dense breasts and what the implications are they might be more vigilant and have the opportunity to make lifestyle changes that may reduce their risk.In addition if I knew I had dense breasts I doubt I would have used HRT which is a known risk factor for breast cancer.

Yep - I am with @Sister  with this one ..... not only immoral and unethical, but bordering on criminal!

The only ethical or moral dilemma is that they are doing NOTHING ABOUT IT!

If it is good for WA (and apparently they are having lower incidences of the more advanced invasive BCs in women being tested in other ways ....) then it is good enough for ALL the other states.  It is no skin off their nose, just to keep us informed!

If my GP hadn't found my lumps - I'd be sitting here with them steadily growing FAST until my NEXT mammogram that also wouldn't show them!  :(  

@Sister I will take notes and put your thoughts forward but you might be able to alter the time of day of your radiation .I did mine at St Andrews and that was an option mentioned at the outset BUT you do family commitments and may also be getting too tired by it all.A late booking I know is ok as they stuffed up the email address and I had to ring one of the academic organisers about it as my emails kept bouncing back. Above all do what is best and works for YOU .