[StephN]

Thanks for posting that map, AA.

My state is colored yellow, but I was getting the dense breasts warning wording added to my letters some ten years before I found my lump. Similar to:

“You’re receiving this letter because your breast tissue is dense. Dense breast tissue is very common and is not abnormal. However, dense breast tissue can make it harder to find cancer through a mammogram” is a common explanation in some state’s notification letters. Frank pointed out that these lines explain why it might be a good idea for this woman to undergo other imaging techniques. “And then the letter goes on to say something else: also dense breast tissue may increase your risk for breast cancer.”

So, I just want to point out that it can be a matter of the policy of the medical center prior to state law going into effect that dictates the dense breast warning in the post-mammogram follow-up letters.

I did not realize at the time, that it was not the norm to get that wording if one indeed had dense breasts.