Teresa shares her experience with Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection (EBCD) and the critical role it played in identifying her cancer early. With a family history of breast cancer, Teresa opted for EBCD’s AI-powered scan review during her routine mammogram. This advanced technology helped detect a small DCIS cancer, allowing her to undergo treatment swiftly and with minimal intervention. Through early detection, expert care, and the support of Breastlink’s team, Teresa's journey to recovery was significantly shortened. Her story highlights the importance of annual mammograms, advanced technology, and proactive healthcare.
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0:00 a couple months ago I came in for my annual mamar ram my gynecologist always reminds me she sends me an email uh which is good because my younger sister
0:09 had breast cancer at 47 so she's on it which I appreciate and I came in and I just figured it would be like every
0:16 other mammogram I've had a few instances where I've had to have a biopsy but everything was always negative they
0:23 offered an AI review of my scans called ebcd which I had never done before never heard about before but it was sort of a
0:31 nominal fee and I have dense breast and my sister had breast cancer so I figured sure why not you know pay for that out
0:39 of pocket it seemed like it was well worth it fortunately for me the AI and ebcd with a radiologist found a very
0:47 small dcis cancer immediately so I was able to get treated much faster because of that after my biopsy which I came
0:55 back to breing to do I wasn't even out of the parking lot and the Navigator here called me and said um we're seeing something I think you're going to need
1:04 um you know further treatment probably Surgical and so I was I was actually really grateful because they didn't there was no weight it was like we're
1:11 pretty clear on this it's been reviewed so it was very very fast for me which was great because even if you have a
1:20 small cancer you want it out as quickly as possible and I you know I didn't really even though my sister had breast cancer I thought I knew more about it
1:28 than I did so as you start to get into the cancer Journey it's sort of two steps forward one step back for so for me to come to wrastling for just my
1:37 regular mammogram have this ebcd AI secondary look have the radiologist just
1:44 completely jump on this scans and have the Navigator call me so quickly it just shortened my whole road to
1:53 surgery by I would say easily months my next steps um I've had a
2:01 lumpectomy and um my margins look clear which is again a testament to early
2:07 detection I didn't have to have any limp nodes taken so now my next steps are going to be to meet with an oncologist
2:14 and a radiology oncologist and just see what I need to do going forward in the next 5 to 8 to 10 years to make sure
2:23 that the breast cancer doesn't come back early detection is 100% the key I think anything that you can do whether it's
2:30 making sure you know you set an alarm in your calendar so you don't miss your mammograms even by a month uh which I felt in my case was crucial because I
2:39 think I would have had a lot more surgery otherwise having AI or ebcd review your scans going to a place where
2:46 the Radiologists are busy and keeping up to date on education and what's new and
2:53 you can talk to them all of those things you will be surprised at how much that makes your journey easy easier