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2. Dense breast tissue - Wikipedia

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   When undergoing a mammogram, tissue density is differentiated with bright and dark spots, with the radiolucent dark areas representing fatty tissue and the radioopaque bright spots representing combined fibroglandular tissue. Assessing the new growth of a tumor as a bright spot is the primary method radiologists use to identify early-stage ...

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. If a Mammogram Shows You Have Dense Breasts, Here’s ... - AOL

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   And if you give a woman a mammogram… I’ve been caught in this cycle for over two decades now. My first benign mass was found when I was 20, and it’s been a slow drip of panic, ultrasounds ...

6. Mammography - Wikipedia

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   Mammograms also have a rate of missed tumors, or "false negatives". Accurate data regarding the number of false negatives are very difficult to obtain because mastectomies cannot be performed on every woman who has had a mammogram to determine the false negative rate. Estimates of the false negative rate depend on close follow-up of a large ...

7. White spots on skin: What are they and are they dangerous? - AOL

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8. Paget's disease of the breast - Wikipedia

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   Mammogram and biopsy with cytopathology are common confirmatory tests. [11] In biopsy, a tissue sample removed from the affected area is then examined under the microscope by a pathologist , who distinguishes Paget cells from other cell types by staining tissues to identify specific cells ( immunohistochemistry ).

9. What were those red spots during the solar eclipse? An ...

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   Many photos Monday managed to catch a bright spot at the bottom of the eclipse. Murphy explained people were probably witnessing a "post eruptive solar prominence," which was likely the location ...