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Detecting cancer in women with dense breasts: MRI?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 5 7:54am | Replies (168)

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@jaynep

Thank you for your reply. I did call my surgeon’s office and was fortunate to speak to the young lady who does scheduling for my particular surgeon in the group. I got a call the next day from the cancer center and a MRI was schedule for me. Medicare says they will pay for it-we’ll see about that-bit I feel so much better. I agree with you about walking around thinking you were okay. The radiologist told me the tumor had probably been growing for two years. I also wasn’t told I have what they called heterogenously dense breasts. It does cause me to wonder if I’d had a MRI instead of a mammogram earlier perhaps I wouldn’t have hadn’t to have a mastectomy-that maybe the cancer would have just been in the tumor. But I am grateful it was caught early at stage 1. I hope you and your sister are doing well. 🌹

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I Saks advocated for MRI and it likely saved my life… but not my breast. Wish I had been on to this years ago! But… I’m here now and both my daughters will go forward with MRI s!