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2. New mammogram guidelines from FDA shift what patients ... - AOL

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   Women with dense breasts may have a higher chance of getting cancer because there’s more opportunity for cancer to form in a breast with more fibroglandular tissue. Mammograms, a type of X-ray ...

3. Women will soon be notified about their breast density after ...

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   The more fibroglandular tissue, the denser the breast. ... In other words, dense breast tissue can hide cancer on a mammogram since the tissue appears white on a mammogram, in the same way lumps ...

4. Dense breast tissue - Wikipedia

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   Dense breast tissue, also known as dense breasts, is a condition of the breasts where a higher proportion of the breasts are made up of glandular tissue and fibrous tissue than fatty tissue. Around 40–50% of women have dense breast tissue and one of the main medical components of the condition is that mammograms are unable to differentiate ...

5. Women are being notified that they need to take action if ...

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   It is genetic, like hair or eye color. Dense breast tissue not only makes mammograms more difficult to read, but it is also a risk factor for breast cancer. Women with dense breasts have a higher ...

6. Breast imaging - Wikipedia

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   Scintimammography is a type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or for those who have dense breast tissue, post-operative scar tissue or breast implants, but is not used for screening or in place of a mammogram.

7. Fatty-replaced breast tissue - Wikipedia

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   Fatty-replaced breast tissue is a term used in mammography that refers to the replacement of breast tissue with fatty tissue. This commonly occurs as a person ages.

8. Your Next Mammogram Will Come With A Test For Breast ... - AOL

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   But if 50 percent or more of your breast tissue is stromal tissue, you have dense breasts, Reitherman says. If less than 50 percent is stromal tissue, you are not considered to have dense breasts.

9. There’s a Big Change Coming to Mammogram Results - AOL

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   Big changes are coming to mammogram results — and it could help with screening breast cancer. ... "There are scattered areas of fibroglandular density"; "The breasts are heterogeneously dense ...