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Same for me. My density was a C AND I had a direct line family history if breast cancer in my medical chart. I had gotten annual mammograms thinking that was good enough until a year ago when I was diagnosed with metastatic lobular breast cancer. Now, no breasts, 6 of 8 chemo treatments under my belt and 6 weeks of radiation in the horizon. IT WAS AVOIDABLE! Nothing showed on my mammograms and even the ultrasound was too hazy to read. Because there was a physical change in my left breast, the radiologist sent me for a MRI. That breast was so full of cancer they could get clear margins to remove it. If you have a C or D density rating, do not rely on mammograms! Oddly enough, the radiologist told me he recommends an MRI only about once a year! How many women have undetected cancer because they didn’t get a MRI? We are grossly overlooked by the medical community and it’s criminal, in my opinion. The insurance companies don’t want to pay for MRIs so docs don’t often enough recommend them. Is this about our health or lining the pockets of insurance companies? It’s certainly the latter.