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

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   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 risk of developing breast cancer than ...

3. 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 ...

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

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   There will also be a summary explaining how dense tissue makes it harder to find breast cancer on a mammogram and raises the risk of developing cancer, encouraging patients to talk to their ...

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

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   Meaning, you shouldn’t panic if your mammogram results say that you have dense breasts—lots of women do, too. But having dense breasts can make it harder for a radiologist to spot breast ...

6. Molecular breast imaging - Wikipedia

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   Mammography is widely accepted as the first-line screening option for the detection of breast cancer, with a sensitivity for detection of cancer at around 85-90%. However, in patients with dense breast tissue or those with risk of breast cancer greater than 20%, the sensitivity of mammography drops significantly, with some studies reporting a ...

7. Breast cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   Mammography is a common screening method, since it is relatively fast and widely available in developed countries. Mammography is a type of radiography used on the breasts. . It is typically used for two purposes: to aid in the diagnosis of a woman who is experiencing symptoms or has been called back for follow-up views (called diagnostic mammography), and for medical screening of apparently ...

8. Mammogram facilities must now tell patients about breast ...

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   All women who undergo breast cancer screening with a mammogram in the U.S. must now find out if they have dense breasts — a risk factor for developing breast cancer.. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 10 ...

9. Dense breasts can make it harder to spot cancer on a mammogram

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   Two reasons: For one, dense breasts make it more difficult to see cancer on an X-ray image, which is what a mammogram is. “The dense tissue looks white on a mammogram and cancer also looks white on a mammogram,” said Dr. Wendie Berg of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and chief scientific adviser to DenseBreast-info.org.