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They talked about the willingness to say, "I love you" first ... the willingness to do something where there are no guarantees ... the willingness to breathe through waiting for the doctor to call after your mammogram.
But she asked me a question: how confident was I that I would find a tumor early on her mammogram if she developed one?
So I studied her mammogram, and I reviewed the radiology literature, and I was shocked to discover that, in her case, our chances of finding a tumor early on the mammogram were less than the toss of a coin.
Radiologists classify breast density into four categories based on the appearance of the tissue on a mammogram.
Both tumors and dense breast tissue appear white on a mammogram, and the X-ray often can't distinguish between the two.
One MRI scan costs 10 times what a digital mammogram costs.
You can see, on the right, a mammogram showing a faint tumor, the edges of which are blurred by the dense tissue.
And we were elated when they took a chance on a team of completely unknown investigators and funded us to study 1,000 women with dense breasts, comparing a screening mammogram to an MBI.
The digital mammogram was read as normal and shows lots of dense tissue, but the MBI shows an area of intense uptake, which correlated with a two-centimeter tumor.
And her mammogram showed an area of very dense tissue, but her MBI showed an area of worrisome uptake, which we can also see on a color image.
And I'm very happy to report that we're now using a dose of radiation that is equivalent to the effective dose from one digital mammogram.
And at this low dose, we're continuing this screening study, and this image from three weeks ago in a 67-year-old woman shows a normal digital mammogram, but an MBI image showing an uptake that proved to be a large cancer.
The State of Connecticut became the first and only state to mandate that women receive notification of their breast density after a mammogram.
Second, if you're pre-menopausal, try to schedule your mammogram in the first two weeks of your menstrual cycle, when breast density is relatively lower.
And fourth and most important, the mammography debate will rage on, but I do believe that all women 40 and older should have an annual mammogram.
I dream that one day, instead of going into an expensive screening facility to get a colonoscopy, or a mammogram, or a pap smear, that you could get a shot, wait an hour, and do a urine test on a paper strip.
Because we found it early during a routine mammogram, we were able to focus primarily on treatment options for the localized tumor, reaffirming to me how important an early diagnosis is.
Still, not everyone has this done, or they may develop breast cancer before the middle age recommendation for having a mammogram.
I remember reviewing a chart of a woman with an abnormality on her mammogram.
Indeed, even a mammogram (almost 40 million are given annually in the US) that detects a cancer does not necessarily save a life.
A mammogram (x-ray of the breast) is administered to ostensibly healthy people to detect unsuspected disease.