Mammogram Patients Will Soon Be Told About Their Breast Density
Briefly

"We talk about breast density for two reasons. One is that breast density can make it more difficult to spot a cancer on a mammogram, because dense breast tissue - the glandular elements and connective tissue supporting elements - looks white on a mammogram and cancer also looks white on a mammogram."
"The second reason that breast density is important is because having dense breast tissue raises a woman's level of risk of developing breast cancer."
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