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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you very much for the support.

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drwendieberg.bsky.social @drwendieberg.bsky.social · 4d

For #BCAM, know the "rule of 40s": start mammography at age 40 for 40% reduction in risk of death due to #breastcancer and easier treatments. For the 40% of women with #densebreasts, 40% of cancers are missed on mammography and adding MRI helps; US if MRI not possible. @densebreastinfo.bsky.social

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrating 1 year of self-referral for mammograms at 40 in Ontario. What a difference it's making. Here is Nicole's story youtu.be/EoWmQv9dcJU

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 4d

Join us in demanding our provincial health ministers commit to better breast screening for Canadians with dense breasts. Lives depend on it. Add your voice here: www.densebreastscanada.ca/make-your-vo...

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drwendieberg.bsky.social @drwendieberg.bsky.social · 11d

and highlighted by @dximaging-mjh.bsky.social www.diagnosticimaging.com/view/contras...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 11d

Have you had a mammogram and been told you have dense breasts?
Please take our short, anonymous survey to help push for earlier detection & life-saving change.
👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/breastscre...

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drwendieberg.bsky.social @drwendieberg.bsky.social · 19d

Today is #WorldDenseBreastDay! Educate yourself and those you love about the higher risks of missed cancer on mammograms and of developing breast cancer. Great resources @densebreastinfo.bsky.social @densebreastscanada.bsky.social. Thank you @bcrfcure.bsky.social for supporting our research!

DenseBreast-info.org @densebreastinfo.bsky.social · 20d

📻 Healthcare providers! ICYMI: DBI’s Chief Scientific Advisor, @drwendieberg.bsky.social, joined Dr. Miriam Green on SiriusXM to cover #DenseBreasts, supplemental screening, and insurance coverage. Don’t miss these insights!

Catch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVG9...

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Dr. Berg Discusses Dense Breasts, Supplemental Screening, and Insurance Issues on Sirius XM

YouTube video by Densebreast-info.org

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 25d

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Imaging linked to blood cancers in children and adolescents

Researchers suggest that medical imaging may be associated with 10.1% of hematologic cancers.

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 26d

If you are a GP or a NP this FREE CME is for you. Oct.18 8am ET. Register here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · 26d

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Scientists Find a Way to Stop Breast Cancer From Coming Back

Dormant “sleeper” cancer cells, long untouchable, can now be destroyed with common drugs, stopping breast cancer from returning.

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Aug 21

Not Too Young for breast cancer. Read Kelsey's story www.densebreastscanada.ca/kelsey/

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer

Although smoking remains the leading risk factor, the Canadian Cancer Society estimates about a quarter of lung cancer cases in the country are non-smokers.

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Aug 15

Check out our resources to help you get the breast screening you need densebreastscanada.ca

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Aug 13

Breast screening practices in Canada. Your postal code determines your access to early detection. www.densebreastscanada.ca/wp-content/u...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Aug 8

New research shows that respiratory infections like COVID or flu may “wake up” dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs—potentially leading to metastasis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate; it isn’t particular to whether your history is on your family’s paternal or maternal side." Read Lindsay's story here www.densebreastscanada.ca/lindsay/

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Jul 28

"I am living proof that supplemental breast cancer screening can save lives..." Read Denise's story: www.densebreastscanada.ca/submit-your-...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · May 29

Stories like Kandis' show the importance of knowing one's breast density and the need for all Canadian women with dense breasts to have access to supplemental screening.
www.densebreastscanada.ca/kandis/

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drwendieberg.bsky.social @drwendieberg.bsky.social · May 23

Important results @densebreastinfo.bsky.social @densebreastscanada.bsky.social from UK BRAID trial. Added invasive breast cancer detection of 15/1000 for MRI, 4.2/1000 for ABUS, or 15.7 for contrast-enhanced mammography, after normal 2D mammogram in dense breasts. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Comparison of supplemental breast cancer imaging techniques—interim results from the BRAID randomised controlled trial

Abbreviated MRI and contrast-enhanced mammography detected three times as many invasive cancers compared with ABUS, with cancers being half the size. This study shows that supplemental imaging could l...

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you Dr Wilkinson, I appreciate this so much. It’s almost every day that I talk to women in my dm’s about accessing screening and I can’t wait for it to move from a whisper network to good and fair guidelines for all Canadians.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Mar 11

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Canadians need to talk about cancer screening

Canada’s cancer screening guidelines lag far behind the latest science, and Canadians are paying with their lives.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Mar 11

We to talk have a serious discussion about #cancer screening. Canada’s cancer screening guidelines lag far behind the latest science, and Canadians are paying with their lives, by Dr. Anna Wilkinson canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/10/c... via @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social @nicktsergas.ca

Canadians need to talk about cancer screening

Canada’s cancer screening guidelines lag far behind the latest science, and Canadians are paying with their lives.

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thank you @drpaulagordon.bsky.social @jeanseelymd.bsky.social for this important research. Ultrasound screening significantly improves cancer detection in women with dense breasts (categories c and d). We have the technology. Let's use it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Feb 25

Alarming! We need action in 🇨🇦 to ensure breast cancer can be found early. That starts with revision of national guidelines which dangerously recommend screening starting at 50. We need reform of the @cantaskforce.bsky.social panel which has no subject matter experts. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent globally by 2050, with annual deaths from the disease projected to rise by 68 percent, according to a new report from the International Agenc...

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Feb 3

Supplemental screening in women with dense breasts is proven, via studies starting 30 years ago, to find additional cancers missed in mammography. Modalities such as ultrasound, MRI and CEM all find significant numbers of missed cancers. Tanja knew she had been denied a chance for remission.

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Dense Breasts Canada @densebreastscanada.bsky.social · Feb 3

It was an honour to advocate with Tanja Harrison. Thank you to Aly Thomson and CBCNova Scotia for this segment looking at the tragic impact of denying supplemental screening to women with dense breasts in 🇨🇦 We have the technology, Let's use it! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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