.....In WA people are advised they have dense breasts and told to speak to their doctors - most don’t ......
At least they've been given the choice ..... which the rest of us haven't.
It is an education thing - included in 'the letter' - they need to be advised WHY it is in their best interests to talk to their GP!
However, in your neighbour's case ..... I've got a better saying - Sadly, you can't cure Stupid! :(
Maybe she is scared to, in case she too, 'has it' or 'gets it' ..... either way, dumb lady! :(
Here's a video on Breast Density as well ..... well worth a watch - sounds like we need to invest in SonoCiné AWBUS (Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound!!!) This tool has been available since 2000!! My guess is that No-one has heard of it!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYcpMVgXcqACalling all women with dense breasts or implants: Your small, curable cancers are often missed by mammography. Following Dr. Papanicolaou’s 30-year struggle to gain acceptance of the Pap smear for detection of cervical cancer, Dr. Kelly is working to do the same for an automated ultrasound technology that finds cancers when they are very small and very curable.
Dr. Kevin Kelly is passionate and dedicated to the early detection of breast cancer. His goal is to educate women about the importance of understanding their breast type so they can make informed decisions about their screening options.
Kevin is the Medical Director of The Breast Ultrasound Center in Pasadena, CA, and has been in private practice as a diagnostic radiologist for 34 years.
Dr. Kelly is one of this country’s leading authorities on using ultrasound to detect cancers in women with dense breast tissue and/or implants. Since 1993, he has been conducting clinical research on the discovery and characterization of breast cancer by ultrasound, and in 1997 began his journey to develop SonoCiné AWBUS (Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound). Launched in 2000, SonoCiné Inc. has been instrumental in identifying numerous very small cancers that were not detected by mammography, thus saving many lives and avoiding unnecessary chemotherapy treatments in many women. 
