This a must-see event on #breastcancer and #breastdensity -- learn the facts, ask your Members of Congress & USPSTF to take action to expand insurance coverage for supplemental screening (which is essential screening beyond a mammogram), ask your doctor if you are getting supplemental screening if you are among the 50% of all #women with dense breasts, and tell your friends to learn their breast tissue type and advocate for the care they need.
71% of all breast cancer #patients have dense breasts and if you have dense breasts, mammograms only work 50% of the time in detecting cancer. Yet technology exists to fill this gap, but women are not able to access if coverage is denied. Early detection saves lives! Leslie Ferris Yerger -- you are saving lives with ALL that you do -- a warrior for women, an unstoppable #changemaker and my hero!
#womenshealth
Don’t miss this on Facebook live: https://lnkd.in/dUg7zTq at 6:00PM EST
(5:00PM CST) on February 21, 2024.
Breast density and black women - what you should know and what you can do.
Join us. Come, learn, engage, and get your questions answered. See you there!
With:
● Ricki Fairley, CEO and Founder of Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
● Dr. Monique Gary, DO of Grand View Health
● Dr. Randy C. Miles, MD, MPH of Denver Health
● Dr. Kirti Kulkarni, MD of UChicago Medicine
● Ashley Dedmon, MPH, CHES and Executive Director American Cancer Society National Breast Cancer Roundtable
● Leslie Ferris Yerger, CEO and Founder of My Density Matters
#densitytime #mydensitymatters #checkyourchart
Faculty, Attending Radiation Oncologist
1moLooking forward to future collaborations with MBPCC/SELROG staff physicians. Congrats, again, Dr. King III The best of the best!!