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WE HERE AT "WINGING IT!" WING
ARE PROUD TO BE PARTNERING WITH
SOUTH TOWN RADIOLOGY TO GO PINK
THIS WEEK IN SUPPORT OF BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS.
WE'RE JOINED BY DR. CLAUDIA.
TODAY WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION
ON THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING
BREAST DENSITY.
LET'S START OFF BY ADDRESSING
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES SURROUNDING
BREAST DENSITY RIGHT NOW?
LET'S DISCUSS WHAT IT IS.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A
MAMMOGRAM, WE'RE LOOKING AT
IMAGES THAT NEED MORE OF A WHITE
BLACK GROUND VERSUS BLACK
BACKGROUND.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR BREAST
CANCER, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A
WHITE LESION.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WHITE
LESION ON A WHITE BACKGROUND,
THAT IS HARDER TO SEE.
THE WHITER BACKGROUND MEANS YOU
HAVE A GREATER DENSITY WHICH
MEANS YOU HAVE A GREATER RISK OF
BREAST CANCER.
WHAT IS THE NEW LEGISLATION
SAYING OR WHAT IS IT TRYING TO
DO?
WELL, NEW YORK STATE WAS THE
FOURTH STATE TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION AND THE BILL IS THE
BREAST DENSITY BILL.
IT MEANS THAT ANYBODY PROVIDING
MAMMOGRAM SERVICES THOOS
DISCLOSE TO THE PATIENT WHAT
THEIR BREAST DENSITY IS, EITHER
HIGH OR LOW.
IF IT'S HIGH BREAST DENSITY,
THEN WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE
PATIENT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE
ARE OTHER SCREENING OPTIONS FOR
THE PERSON TO FOLLOW IF THEY
WOULD CHOOSE TO DO SO.
FOR SOMEONE ABOUT TO GET A
MAMMOGRAM DONE, IT COMES BACK
THEY HAVE HIGH BREAST DENSITY.
SHOULD THEY BE CONCERNED OR IS
IT SAYING HERE'S YOUR OTHER
OPTIONS?
BASICALLY SAYING HERE'S YOUR
OTHER OPTIONS.
NOBODY SETS FORTH IN STONE WHAT
SHOULD BE THE DEFINITE PLAN IF
YOU HAVE HIGH BREAST DENSITY.
IF YOU HAVE HIGH BREAST DENSITY
AND A HIGH RISK OF BREAST
CANCER, YOU HAVE THE RISK
FACTORS, THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD
GO ON AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
SCREENING STUDY.
THE SCREENING STUDIES WE DO IS
TYPICALLY ULTRASOUND, ALTHOUGH
MRI IS AN OPTION.
WE USE ULTRA SOUND BECAUSE IT'S
EASY, AVAILABLE AND INEXPENSIVE.
MRI IS MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE
PATIENT TO UNDERGO, IT'S
EXPENSIVE AND NOT AS AVAILABLE
TO THE PATIENT.
THEN WHEN DOES THE NEW
LEGISLATION START?
WAS PASSED IN JUNE AND IT
WILL GO IN EFFECT 180 DAYS WHEN
IT'S PASSED SO THE BEGINNING OF
JANUARY.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU.
THIS WHOLE WEEK "WINGING IT!"
HAS GONE PINK AND THIS IS
PRESENTED BY SOUTH TOWN
RADIOLOGY.
WE GOT THESE NICE SHIRTS WITH
OUR "WINGING IT!" LOGO AND THE
SOUTH TOWN'S RADIOLOGY LOGO.
OUR GUESTS ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT
THIS.
WE'LL BE TAKING PICTURES WITH
EVERY GUEST AND A T-SHIRT, AND
PUT SORT OF A SLIDE SHOW ON OUR
WEBSITE FOR THAT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT
ONE AND PRESENT TOUCHDOWN TO
YOU.
CAN YOU GO TO WINGINGIT.TV TO
SEE THAT GALLERY.