One local doctor reminds public the importance of breast cancer screening

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Each year thousands of women go in for their regular scheduled mammogram, not knowing a potential cancer diagnosis could be missed. As more research is done, the first step to treatment is prevention.

“Whenever we think about cancer management, we should always start from the prevention.” working as a cancer physician for the last 15 years, and now as the Medical Director of the Cancer Institute at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Siddiqui said more than half of the women in the country have dense breasts, which are part of the root of hard to detect cancer spots.

“What does really, what does dense breasts really means is that there is a lot of, uh, more, uh, fibrous tissue, as opposed to the fatty tissue. So it’s hard to sort of determine or differentia