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2. Some doctors say the FDA's new notification rule about ... - AOL

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   Massachusetts and 38 other states have already been sending notifications about breast density, which reflects the proportion of milk glands and connective tissue to fatty tissue. The FDA ...

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

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   Breast density is a term that classifies the amounts of fat, glandular tissue (the part that produces milk), and stromal tissue (support tissue) in your breasts. ... if your mammogram results say ...

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

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   Women with dense breasts have a higher chance of getting breast cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cancer forms in fibroglandular tissue – not fat cells, said ...

5. Women will now be notified about breast density after ... - AOL

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   That’s because dense tissue shows up white on a mammogram, and so does cancer. In cases of extremely dense breasts, in fact, “we miss at least around half of cancers in that type of tissue on ...

6. 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 ...

7. Breast mass - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms can include pain, firmness, redness, and/or bruising. Fat necrosis usually goes away without treatment but can form permanent scar tissue that may show up as an abnormality on a mammogram. [8] A lipoma is a non-cancerous lump of fatty tissue that is soft to the touch, usually movable, and is generally painless. [8]

8. 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 ...

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

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   In some people with dense tissue, other imaging tests in addition to a mammogram may help find cancers. Talk to your healthcare provider about breast density, risks for breast cancer, and your ...