Articles for Dense Breast Tissue

What Having Dense Breasts Means And What You Can Do About It
2 months, 4 weeks ago

What Having Dense Breasts Means And What You Can Do About It

Huff Post  

Tetra Images via Getty Images A new FDA rule says health care providers have to tell patients that they have dense breasts, which are a breast cancer risk factor. “The first reason is that women with dense breasts have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women with non-dense breasts,” she said. This is because breast cancer, which typically …

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Hidden factor that makes you six times more likely to get breast cancer: The common condition some women like Julia Bradbury have - and which means mammograms may not spot tumours
3 months ago

Hidden factor that makes you six times more likely to get breast cancer: The common condition some women like Julia Bradbury have - and which means mammograms may not spot tumours

Daily Mail  

Excited about the Greek ­holiday she and her daughter were about to embark on, Deborah King’s thoughts were fixed on last-minute packing as she got out of the shower. Women with dense breasts are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer — research suggests they could be four to six times more at risk than those with low density, …

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Hidden risk factor that makes women six times more likely to get breast cancer and which it's routine to warn about in the US. So why aren't YOU being told about it?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hidden risk factor that makes women six times more likely to get breast cancer and which it's routine to warn about in the US. So why aren't YOU being told about it?

Daily Mail  

It is a 'hidden' risk factor that can increase a woman's chances of developing breast cancer six-fold. As of this month, all women in the US having a mammogram – the type of X-ray used in breast cancer screening – will be informed about this specific risk: dense breasts. Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury, 54, has spent the past four years …

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Breast density changes over time could be linked to breast cancer risk, study finds
1 year, 8 months ago

Breast density changes over time could be linked to breast cancer risk, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Breast density is known to naturally decrease as a woman ages, and now a study suggests that the more time it takes for breast density to decline, the more likely it is that the woman could develop breast cancer. “We know that invasive breast cancer is rarely diagnosed simultaneously in both breasts, thus it is not a surprise …

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MRI scan detects early tumours in dense breast tissue, could save lives: study
5 years, 1 month ago

MRI scan detects early tumours in dense breast tissue, could save lives: study

Dutch News  

An MRI scan could save the lives of many women with dense breast tissue, a large-scale Dutch study into the benefits of additional MRI screening has found. Of the million women who are screened every year 80,000 have very dense breast tissue which not only makes it difficult to detect tumours but also makes it twice as likely they will …

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MRI scan detects early tumours in dense breast tissue, could save lives: study
5 years, 1 month ago

MRI scan detects early tumours in dense breast tissue, could save lives: study

Dutch News  

An MRI scan could save the lives of many women with dense breast tissue, a large-scale Dutch study into the benefits of additional MRI screening has found. Of the million women who are screened every year 80,000 have very dense breast tissue which not only makes it difficult to detect tumours but also makes it twice as likely they will …

Scan Dense Breast Tissue Mri Screening Breast Tissue