Nearly half of women over 40 have dense breasts, which raises their risk of breast cancer. Mammograms should now include an assessment of breast tissue density.

Women who have very dense tissue are at greater risk for developing breast cancer and it can be harder for mammograms to show a tumor. Sometimes a mammogram shows a woman's breasts are dense – a ...

(The Center Square) – A new rule from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration requires notification to women found to have dense ...

Where the breast is dense, a mammogram of the tissue appears cloudy or opaque. In women with dense breasts, 50% or more of breast tissue appears opaque. Women whose breast density is 75% or more have ...