Dense breast patients battle to get coverage for cancer screenings NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

According to the National Institute of Cancer, the most common form of cancer is breast cancer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say each yearabout 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the U.S. and about 2,100 in men. And each year, 42,000 women and 500 men will die from breast cancer.

That’s why national panels have released new guidance for screenings, but some people are finding out that insurance companies don’t cover them all.

Candace Strowbridge is a 40-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman who last year saw news reports and commercials advising women to check themselves.

“I felt a lump, did a self-exam, and felt the lump and then made an appointment for a mammogram,” said Strowbridge, while waiting for her appointment at Broward Health Hospital.

It was her first mammogram. And that led to a diagnosis of a stage three cancer in her left …