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The Myth of the 'Normal' Mammogram

Exposing the Secret of Dense Breast Tissue - Dr. Stacey Vitiello, a radiologist, who 'lives' the challenges of dense breast tissue in her imaging practice, champions the truth about the fatal flaw in EARLY detection for women with dense breasts.

"The cancer rate plummets in women with dense breasts to only 40 to 50 percent of cancers picked up on a mammogram. That's about the odds of a coin toss. This is ineffective screening by anyone's standards."

Read her piece here.

Currently on staff at the Montclair Breast Center, Dr. Vitiello is a breast imaging specialist. She trained at Georgetown, the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Yale, and is certified by the American Board of Radiology.