Density Reporting Bills Championed by Legislators/Dr. Cappello testifies in Lincoln NE in support of Cheri's Law
A growing number of states are championing Density Reporting Laws to protects its citizens from missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer. The grassroots density reporting movement catapulted to the global stage when…
Read More »Dr. Cappello's Blog Post: Fake News: Having Dense Breast Tissue is No Big Deal
Two decades of research on the masking risk of dense breast tissue by mammography screening is indisputable. As the density of the breast increases, the reliability of a mammogram to see, and in turn, detect breast cancer…
Read More »New Mexico Governor Vetoes Density Reporting Bill
Representative Elizabeth 'Liz' Thomson, a breast cancer survivor, introduced HB 243 to give women of New Mexico critical information about their breast tissue composition to improve communication about breast health and…
Read More »Iowa Bill Becomes Law, A Veto, and a Law That's Not Dense
Governor Branstad signs SF250 today making Iowa the 31st state to report dense breast tissue to the patient though the mammography report. The Iowa Army of Pink, a patient advocacy group, advocated for the bill and was side…
Read More »Dr. Cappello Keynotes Breast Density Forum in Australia 2
It took one woman's advanced stage breast cancer diagnosis in 2004 within weeks of her 11th NORMAL mammography exam and one maverick radiologist with the support of Connecticut Legislative Champions to usher in the density…
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