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Final #WorldDenseBreastDay Totals and Spanish Tools

Posted: Monday October 10, 2022

World Dense Breast Day (#WDBD): Thank you for making history with us! The final stats are in and showed even a larger “turnout” for the event than initial analytics indicated: We had

World Dense Breast Day, SUCCESS!

Posted: Monday October 3, 2022

DBI launched the first ever #WorldDenseBreastDay on Sept 28th. Nearly 100 posts with great images were created and ran for 24 hours across our social media channels. Though still compiling analytics,

World Dense Breast Day!

Posted: Friday September 23, 2022

On September 28th, we are honored to host the inaugural World Dense Breast Day event to promote education about dense breasts. Sponsored by DenseBreast-info.org, the day has been added to the

Upcoming EUSOBI Meeting

Posted: Monday September 19, 2022

EUSOBI: The EUSOBI Scientific Meeting will take place 29 September – 1 October 2022, in Malmö, Sweden. Members of DBI/Europe will be in attendance, please stop by! Please visit Cheryl

Women Can Handle the Truth

Posted: Monday September 12, 2022

Australia: The Medical Journal of Australia interviewed DBI’s Dr. Wendie Berg and JoAnn Pushkin about density notification and supplemental screening. Their position is that “Not notifying women

Technology and Spanish Updates

Posted: Monday September 5, 2022

Updated Technology Tab Table: As part of our ongoing review, the popular Technology Tab table, Cancer Detection by Screening Method has just been updated. It complements the recently updated

Updated Patient Q+A & More

Posted: Monday August 29, 2022

One of the most commonly asked questions from patients is, “If I have dense breasts and cancer might be missed on my mammogram, what else can I do?” As part of our regular review to keep data

Updated Fact Sheet

Posted: Monday August 22, 2022

Our very popular Patient Fact Sheet has just been updated! The printable PDF provides basic dense breast info and encourages a conversation between a woman and her health team about supplemental

Canadian Screening Outcomes Call into Question Current Canadian Task Force Guidelines

Posted: Monday August 15, 2022

A study co-authored by DB-i Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Seely just out: The Impact of Organised Screening Programs on Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis for Canadian Women Aged 40-40 and

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) News & More

Posted: Monday August 8, 2022

Patient health literacy is in the air! Following the news of DB-i’s health literacy review of website patient content, the NCCN has published new patient guidelines in patient-friendly plain

Health Care Provider and Patient Outreach

Posted: Monday August 1, 2022

Reaching Health Care Providers: To address the educational needs of both the radiological and referring provider communities, DB-i will begin running ads through the end of 2022 in the Society or

Patient Advisory Group (PAG) Launched

Posted: Monday July 25, 2022

As it is important that patients have a voice at the table about the DB-i website, we have launched a PAG. Our PAG members provide their unique perspective on website content needs,

Health Care FAQ Update

Posted: Monday July 18, 2022

We have received queries from health professionals in the U.S. about how to write an order for supplemental screening. With the input of our Medical Advisory Board, we have reviewed and updated FAQ

New U.S. State Law & More

Posted: Monday July 11, 2022

The state of Ohio has a new law which requires (1) updated and more comprehensive density “inform” notification to patients and, (2) new expanded insurance coverage for breast imaging (both

European Screening Guidelines & New Study

Posted: Monday July 4, 2022

Breast screening information for Switzerland is now included in DB-i’s European Screening Guidelines map and table. Newly Published: Just out in ScienceDirect, Global guidelines for breast

Upcoming Meetings

Posted: Monday June 27, 2022

European Congress of Radiology DenseBreast-info.org/Europe will be attending the European Congress of Radiology (#ECR2022), July 13 – 17 in Vienna. Both DB-i’s European Liaison, Dr. Athina

World Dense Breast Day Incredible Success! More HERE.

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