Page 35 - Cityview_Jan_Feb_2014
P. 35
Do YOU have dense breasts?
“It might just be the Dr. Kamilia Kozlowski
greatest cancer risk
played a major role
in this law getting
you’ve never heard of.”
passed by bringing this
Karen Rovn - Los Angeles Times
important issue to the
State Legislature. It was
signed into Tennessee Law June
Five facts about dense breast tissue:
of 2013. This law, called the “Breast
1. 40%ofwomenhavedensebreasttissue.
Cancer Protection Law” will now
aford all Tennessean women as of
2. Breastdensityisoneofthestrongestpredictors
of the failure of mammography to detect cancer.
January, 2014 to know if they have
3. 95% of women do not know their breast density.
a dense mammographic pattern
on screening mammography. Now
4. Breast density is a well-established
predictor of breast cancer risk.
they will be able to discuss with their
5. Lessthan1in10womenlearnabouttheir
doctors the ways they can protect
dense breast tissue from their doctors.
themselves in a situation when the
mammogram is less sensitive and
can miss more breast cancers.
Adding screening
technologies to
mammography
for women with
dense breast tissue will increase
detection by up to 100%.
Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center
1400 Dowell Springs Blvd., Suite 200
The Boutique at KCBC
Knoxville, TN 37909
twitter.com/knoxbreastcare
Our boutique promotes the well-being and
facebook.com/knoxvillebreastcenter
personal appearance of women after breast
www.knoxvillebreastcenter.com
cancer. Shop our ine selection of bras,
prosthetics, wigs and pink ribbon items.
(865) 584-0291
january february 2014 cityviewmag.com 33