Dense breasts doesn't mean perky

thatsvanity · November 2011

D.E.N.S.E. CA • Do you know your breast density?
Please sign the petition to the FDA and paste this in your status update. Every year, thousands of women are sent an FDA-approved letter from their radiologist saying their mammograms are "normal" when they are in fact unreadable because both tumors and dense breast tissue show up as white on a mammogram. The American Medical Association states that “withholding medical information from patients without their knowledge or consent is ethically unacceptable.” Withholding information about dense breast tissue clearly violates medical ethics. Please share! http://www.inhqe.com/

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Springtime · November 2011

The FDA hearing (Nov 4 2011) on dense breast tissue and mammograms was a huge success. I received an email from JoAnn (Density advocate) tonight.

Please consider sending quick note to your congressperson (easy to do following the link) and ask for their support of Federal Bill HR3012 (The Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2011) https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Email from JoAnn: UPDATE:Wonderful news! You were kind enough to voice your support of an amendment to federal requirements for the inclusion of breast density in the letter sent to women after their mammograms. Last week Are You Dense Advocacy testified before the FDA’s Mammography Quality Standards Act Advisory Committee. Testifying were patients, researchers, practicing radiologists and national advocacy groups (Komen Advocacy Alliance, among them) who all voiced their strong support of inclusion of density in the patient letter. The FDA official in charge of the meeting commented on “all those letters” received in favor from around the country. The result? The FDA Advisory Panel concurred that density information SHOULD be included in letter sent to patient. The FDA has asked Are You Dense Advocacy to submit suggested language as they contemplate a final recommendation. We remain optimistic this will continue its forward movement. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU WERE PART OF THE IMPETUS FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION. INDEED, IT PROVES THE POWER OF ONE. As a regulatory solution may yet take time, we will continue with legislative efforts on both the state and federal level. So, one more favor to ask. Can you please contact your congressperson: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml and ask for their support of Federal Bill HR3102 (The Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2011). Congressional members have – literally – hundreds of bills sitting in their computers, sometimes all it takes is for ONE constituent to show interest in something, for them to support/cosponsor it.

Dense breasts doesn't mean perky

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