Nancy Cappello | |
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| Born | Nancy Marcucci October 30, 1952 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 15, 2018 (aged 66) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Years active | 2003–2018 |
| Known for | Advocate for implementation of dense breast tissue notification laws |
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Joseph J. Cappello (m. 1974) |
Nancy Cappello (née Marcucci; October 30, 1952 – November 15, 2018) was an American breast cancer activist who was known for her campaign to improve disclosure on the limitations of mammography and the difficulty in identifying cancer for those with dense breast tissue. She worked as a special education teacher in her hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut, and later as an educational administrator in the Connecticut state department.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, Cappello started an organization called Are You Dense? in order to improve notification laws for women with dense breasts, as it was due to not being informed that her cancer had not been identified sooner through non-mammogram methods. By 2019, 37 U.S. states had passed a breast density inform law as she had advocated, along with a federal law being passed to update the notification rules in February 2019.