(Christine Long/ CTV News) — Annie Slight’s breast cancer battle began a decade ago. Since then, she’s endured a bilateral mastectomy, a full hysterectomy, 16 chemotherapy treatments and more.
The Saint-Constant resident wonders if it all could have been avoided if her cancer diagnosis came earlier — if she had been told that she had dense breast tissue.
“Dense tissue appears white on a mammogram, cancer appears white on a mammogram. So we get a masking effect,” said Slight. “This was my case. My surgeon told me it’s like looking for a polar bear in a snow storm.” (…)