Breakthroughs for Breast Cancer: New mammogram, New Jersey woman's fight to be diagnosed

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News' Liz Cho hosted the annual, Emmy Award-winning WABC-TV special "Breakthroughs for Breast Cancer" on Sunday.

The special discusses an incredible advancement in mammograms, using an iodine-based contrast dye to find up to four times as many cancers in dense breasts as a standard mammogram.

Contrast-enhanced mammography could also cost less than a 3D mammogram, take less time, and catch cancer earlier.

The new kind of mammogram, offered to a New York woman, made all the difference in catching her breast cancer in its earliest stage.

Plus, a stunning new high-tech robotic surgery is transforming the lives of breast cancer patients, even decades after their mastectomies.

Lymphedema can be one of the most troublesome and uncomfortable conditions for women who've had lymph nodes removed.

Now, surgeons can reattach tiny lymphatic vessels in the arm and reverse the condition.

Also, a New Jersey woman opens up about her fight just to get diagnosed.

She was 31 when she went to the doctor with symptoms but was told for 2 years it was just eczema.

Then, at 33, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer.

She shares how she made it through a double mastectomy and chemo, how she told her 8-year-old daughter about her condition, and how her experience left her crying out for change.

This half-hour covers rapidly developing new treatments and cutting-edge advances.

The program illuminates some of the most amazing breakthroughs available, sharing stories of patients whose lives are changed forever.

Watch the full interview here.