WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Legislation focusing on breast cancer patients and survivors was highlighted on Capitol Hill throughout October. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is over now, but advocates and lawmakers hope the momentum will continue throughout the rest of the year.

Two key issues are being addressed: insurance coverage for additional imaging and reconstructive work for breast cancer patients.

Leslie Ferris Yerger’s breast cancer journey didn’t start with a suspicious lump or an unusual mammogram. It started with a bone density scan and a doctor catching the red flags too late.

“Breast cancer had been hiding in my dense breast tissue for maybe a decade,” Yerger said.

Yerger is one of millions of women with dense breast tissue, a natural occurrence that makes it near impossible to

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