Many women are aware they will need a mammogram in their lifetime as these screenings are the most effective tool to detect breast cancer early and give individuals the best chance at survival. While ...

After a mammogram, you may have gotten a letter in the mail that starts something like this: “Your mammogram indicates that you have dense breast tissue.” When I got that letter, I wasn’t sure what it ...

This image provided by the UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging in October 2024 shows mammogram scans with dense and not dense tissue. (UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging via AP) When a ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening supplemented by MRI for women with dense breasts led to both greater benefits and increased harms in a model-based comparative effectiveness analysis.

Dense breasts increase the risk of breast cancer and make it harder to detect cancer on a mammogram. Though common, dense breasts can only be identified by a mammogram, not by feel or appearance. Tell ...

Question: I just had a mammogram, and I was told that I have dense breast tissue. What does that mean? Answer: About half of women are considered to have dense breasts, based on the appearance of ...

Having dense breasts is a clear risk factor for breast cancer. It can also make cancers hard to spot on mammograms. Yet you ...

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Dense breasts can make it harder for mammograms to detect tumors, and women with dense breasts have an increased risk of breast cancer. Breast density alone does not predict the risk of breast cancer.

About half of women over 40 have dense breasts. The denser the breast tissue, the more difficult it is to spot cancer on a standard mammogram. Having dense breast tissue can make it harder to detect ...

When a woman has a mammogram, the most important finding is whether there's any sign of breast cancer. The second most important finding is whether her breasts are dense. Since early September, a new ...