I thought that I was protecting myself by getting a mammography at Montclair Radiology every year, almost to the day. Then the report stated that there was a ??suspicious? area in one breast (DCIS) and that the scan should be repeated in six months. Both physicians copied on the report refused my request to investigate further because protocol dictated that the radiologist's advice be followed. Six months later I had Stage II breast cancer (DCIS) and was sent for an MRI, which revealed an additional malignancy. Had both been diagnosed earlier I might have been spared some of my pain and suffering and my prognosis would be better. Had I known then what I know now, I would have taken my ??suspicious? results directly to an oncologist at a cancer hospital.