Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Radiologists don’t agree on what qualifies as “dense breasts,” according to a new study.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At your next routine mammogram, your report will include results on a new risk factor for breast cancer: dense breast tissue. New ...

Editor’s Note (9/9/24): A U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that requires mammography facilities to notify women about their breast density goes into effect on Tuesday. This article from 2023 ...

Nearly half of women over 40 have what doctors consider dense breast tissue, which increases their risk of cancer, yet until now, few are told what their diagnosis might mean, or what they should do.

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Having scattered fibroglandular tissue means your breasts contain mostly fatty tissue with a few areas of fibroglandular tissue. The density of your breast tissue can affect your breast cancer risk.

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Radiologists don't agree on what qualifies as "dense breasts," according to a new study. Because tumors are harder to spot in dense breast tissue, and women with dense breasts are at higher risk of ...