The $400 Test That Could Save Your Life (If Insurance Would Cover It)

How biotech entrepreneur Sheila Mikhail went from building billion-dollar companies to fighting for basic screening rights

The radiologist pulled Sheila Mikhail into a separate room after her biopsy results came back positive. He wanted to show her something on the mammogram from her initial screening—the one that had missed the tumor they'd just found.

"See, it's not my fault," he said, pointing to the image. "See, there's nothing there."

Sheila stared at the screen. She'd just been diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer—tumors totaling six centimeters that had been growing undetected despite annual mammograms at one of North Carolina's top medical institutions. And this radiologist wanted her to know it wasn't his fault.

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