Cancer Screening

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I will not stop talking about breast density

/ Advocacy, Breast Density, Cancer Screening, Legislation, State Policy

By Ashley Inda Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. I feel like a broken record but I cannot and will not stop talking about BREAST DENSITY! As we enter Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we can’t talk about breast cancer without talking about breast density. I once had dense breasts but after […]

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Two great ways to make your voice heard in April

/ Breast Density, Call to Action, Cancer Screening, Elections, Legislation, State Policy

by Dawn Anderson “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.”  – Susan B. Anthony The Wisconsin Elections Commission estimates there were over 4.5 million voting age residents in Wisconsin in 2022. They have spreadsheets available if you’re interested, but in general, going back 20 plus years, spring elections have only inspired 11-34% of

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A Review of Changes to the WI Well Woman Program and Possible Negative Outcomes

/ Access to Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Cancer Screening, Research, Wisconsin Well Woman Program

by Dawn Anderson BACKGROUND The Wisconsin Well Woman Program (WWWP) is part of a national program established by Congress known as the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). Since 1994, it has made mammograms and pap screenings available at no cost to women living in Wisconsin, ages 45-64 with household incomes below

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