Sign the Petition Against the new Mammography Guidelines

Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage II at 46yo.

I cannot fathom how these measures will save money.  If I had been forced to wait til age 50 for a mammogram, I would have had invasive stage III comedo carcinoma with necrosis.  It would have cost two or three times what my original treatment did.

Shirley Larson, diagnosed at 42

Kim Saunders - Dx age 43; NO lump and NO family history; ILC found by annual mammogram

Joann Long - Dx age 48, Stage 2, NO family history.

Routine Mammogram detected IDC deep against the wall - - right after I had visited OB/GYN and was told all clear.  My tumor could not be found on physcial examination.

note: I know of 3 women locally who were diagnosed under age 50 and died.

Linda McMichael - diagnosed 2/23/09 with triple negative NON-PALPABLE IDC 1.2 nodule found only by Mammogram

Without that routine mammogram and US, this would not have been found in just my breast (no nodes) and at the size it was found.  There was nothing in my breast on the prior year mammo. 

This mammogram, if it didn't in fact, save my life, then surely extended it.

Cathy - diagnosed with Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma In Situ at age 46.

Kathy Q diagnosed age 44, 1.8 cm IDC, zero family history of breast (or any other type) of cancer.

Sue Hanna  Diagnosed at age 48 through BSE.  Please speak up on behalf of BSE.

Colette Manker - Diagnosed with Invasive Ductile Carcinoma/Ductile Carcinoma In Situ 10 cm tumor at age 37.  Would have been caught at a much earlier stage had the Dr. ordered a mammogram when I asked at age 35 since the Ductile Carcinoma In Situ will take between 4 to 6 years at a minimum to get to the size of 10 cm.  I was denied this until I found a lump on my own.  Even with a family history of breast cancer and other risk factors present.  It would have saved my life.

Patti Tyson dx age 43 in yearly routine mammogram, was not there the year before. 

BRCA1 positive, paternal grandmother and my mother both lost to breast cancer.

I cannot believe they are actually recommending this, guess this is part of our great new government health plan, Merry Christmas from Pelosi and friends...

Debbie DX DCIS, grade 2.

Age 50 and 3 months.

Via digital mamo.

Cam Sasser

Diagnosis: DCIS multifocal

Treatment: mastectomy

age at diagnosis: 28

no family history at all. Found a lump through self-examination. 

This is exactly what I've been trying to get women on this site to realize. Once we give up our freedom of choice on our healthcare and let the government be in charge, we'll be going backwards. The new guidelines for mammography are a good example. Women, stand up for yours and your children/grandchildren rights!!! Don't accept second best!

Peggy--multifocal IDC at 37. I found the two lumps, a mammogram didn't show them, but a sonogram and biopsy confirmed cancer. An MRI showed two more areas of suspicion. Young women with dense breasts need a mammogram and an MRI. If you take away BSE's and mammos, what tools do young women have for catching breast cancer? Young women more often get aggressive disease that grows and spreads quickly. I'm also pretty sure I read that young women (under 40) are the fastest growing segment of people getting bc. This whole debate is missing the important points--we need better screening tools for young women starting even earlier than 40, who more often have dense breasts (where mammos aren't as effective) and who get the most aggressive disease. Let's talk about getting more effective surveillance out there for women who are very busy with careers and families and kids and who too often put themselves last on the health watch list. These "new" recommendations will only reinforce the very wrong idea that young women don't get breast cancer. We do, and it can happen out of the blue. I had no family history and was always the healthiest person I know.