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"I had never heard the word 'dense breast' until I was sitting in the oncologist office with a breast cancer diagnosis. I wondered how this had happened and why didn't I know?" Salmeron said in a statement.
The bill, which passed the state House last month, takes effect Sept 1.
[Read "Ultrasound in the realm of breast cancer detection: should mammography be worried?"]
Texas has become the second such state to pass a breast density law. A similar act was passed in Connecticut in 2009. And in California, another related bill, SB 173, is due to be heard in the California Assembly soon.
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network says that around 40 percent of women getting screening mammograms have dense breasts, with younger women typically having denser breasts.
About 50 percent of women under 50 and one-third of those over 50 have dense breasts, according to Are You Dense Advocacy, a patients charity group.
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