September 16, 2011 by Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor The California State Legislature passed a bill last Friday requiring doctors to inform women if they have dense breasts after a mammogram, making California the second state this summer and the third state so far to have passed a so-called breast density law. The bill, […]
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California Bill Aimed at Breast Cancer Worries Docs
By SHEILA V KUMAR – Associated Press | AP – Fri, Sep 16, 2011 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It took seven years of annual mammograms and a cancer diagnosis for Amy Colton to learn something her doctors had realized from the beginning: Her breast tissue is so dense that it could have masked tumors on […]