The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance is calling for increased education and access to screening for women with dense breasts.
With a recent Harris survey finding that 95% of women older than 40 do not know their breast density, and that less than 10% of doctors are talking to their patients about their breast density and risk for cancer, interim president of the Komen Advocacy Alliance Nancy Brinker said that doctors should routinely inform women about their breast density and relative cancer risk.
The alliance said it's also advocating that doctors discuss with their patients with dense breasts what screening tools might be appropriate for them. It's also important that insurance cover additional screening methods, as appropriate, and that more effective technologies be developed, Brinker said.
The alliance said it believes that increasing the variety of available screening technologies is critical to a woman's right to access potentially life-saving screening tools.
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