July 10, 2014, ST. LOUIS - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently signed Senate Bill 639, which will should improve breast cancer detection in the state by requiring mammography facilities to provide patients with information about dense breast tissue. Mammography facilities will be required to inform patients that, because dense breast tissue can hide abnormalities that would otherwise be identified in mammograms, women with dense breasts may benefit from additional screening to accurately detect breast cancer.
For more information, watch the above interview with SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital breast surgeon Theresa Schwartz, MD, and FOX2’s Randi Naughton.
