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View Poll Results: How was your HER2 BC first found?
By you or your partner 43 67.19%
By doctor or nurse during exam 4 6.25%
Routine, annual mammogram 15 23.44%
Ultrasound (NOT following mammogram) 1 1.56%
MRI (NOT following mammogram) 1 1.56%
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Old 09-16-2011, 07:18 AM   #19
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Re: How was your HER2 BC first found?

There's a new scanner out called Lumagem that can see small breast cancers. It's good for women with dense breasts (about 30% of us) who's mammograms can't see tumors. It's also good for women who have a suspicious mammogram and can't have an MRI
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