Dense breasts/mastectomy/ongoing survei
Hi all. Since diagnosis in December of invasive ductal carcinoma Her2 positive and estrogen and progesterone positive. Found only in right breast. i was told chemo lumpectomy. Now all of a sudden surg...
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I started having 2 yearly mammograms with Breast Screen around 2005 when I turned 50. I asked about the accuracy of detention of breast cancer with the mammograms and was told then that some with dense breasts are not detected through the 2D that is available, but the 2D is all the government give funding for!
What disappoints me is that nothing much has changed regarding the funding. No point just giving people with dense breasts the standard 2D mammograms and telling them to be vigilant and to keep up their two yearly mammograms.
Trying to keep positive, but sometimes we just have to push for better screening for all!
P.S. I was told I had dense breasts, but only because I asked some pointed questions about the accuracy of the mammograms.
What disappoints me is that nothing much has changed regarding the funding. No point just giving people with dense breasts the standard 2D mammograms and telling them to be vigilant and to keep up their two yearly mammograms.
Trying to keep positive, but sometimes we just have to push for better screening for all!
P.S. I was told I had dense breasts, but only because I asked some pointed questions about the accuracy of the mammograms.