‘There’s a lot that’s not understood about breast density and why some [people] have more dense breasts than others,’ says Dr Angela DeMichele, professor of medicine at University of ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don’t realize it’s a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...

Dense breasts can hide breast cancer cells and even put people at a greater possibility of developing breast cancer — that’s why, starting tomorrow, the FDA is requiring all mammograms to include a ...

At the time of the mammogram, a patient should specifically enquire about their breast density category - Getty When Sarah Fleetwood found a lump in her right breast on the day of the King’s ...

As we touched on last week, regular mammograms are a front-line defense against breast cancer, because they can detect it before it grows enough to develop a lump that can be felt during a breast self ...

I thought I was doing my health and wellness a solid by scheduling an annual mammogram—but when I was told I had fibroglandular density, also known as dense breast tissue, I didn’t understand why my ...

Jennifer Stone receives funding from Cancer Council Western Australia and the NHMRC. She is affiliated with the University of Western Australia and the University of Melbourne. She is Co-chair of the ...

If a patient's tissue is classified as dense, they must be informed that it can increase the risk of developing breast cancer, make it harder to find breast cancer on a mammogram, and that other ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and monitoring cancer shouldn't treat them all the same. Without a way to prove that a new MRI technique is safe for all ...

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 and tumors appear. “The second reason that breast density is ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don't realize it's a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...