Inside STAT: A widely used guideline said my risk of breast cancer was low. It was wrong

At 45, Leda Dederich discovered a lump during a random breast self-exam and was soon diagnosed with cancer, which has now progressed to stage 4. In a new First Opinion for STAT, Dederich says she is coming to terms with her condition — but she has had a much harder time accepting that she was not screened for breast cancer before it was too late. "Not because I couldn’t be bothered, was too anxious, or didn’t have health insurance, but because the guidelines for screening women in my age range are one hot mess of a controversy, and I fell through the cracks," she writes. Read more here.