Lawmakers today unveiled a bill that looks to better help detect breast cancer among women, particularly those with dense breast tissue.
The bill, from Rep. Mike Rohrkaste, R-Neenah, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, would require facilities that perform mammograms to notify women who have dense breast tissue. Dense tissue means the patient has a higher risk for breast cancer and tumors are more difficult to detect.
Because dense breast tissue can obscure tumors, when patients get mammograms, tumors aren’t necessarily visible. But women could be able to find tumors through additional sc...
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