A: Almost entirely fatty. There will be very little dense breast tissue. B: Scattered areas of density. The breast tissue is ...

Almost half of women have dense breast tissue. If you’re one of them, here’s what to know. You probably already know that regular mammogram screenings are important in the early detection of ...

Dense tissue isn’t bad by itself, but there are two reasons why it’s considered important to know whether you have it or not.

Dense breast tissue is a term that describes the breast’s appearance during a mammogram. Breasts are made of two kinds of tissues: fat and active breast tissue. When patients have dense breasts, they ...

After Bradbury's explainer, you might be wondering how to tell if you have dense breast tissue and what this means for your health. WH has spoken to Mr Daniel Leff, a consultant in oncoplastic ...

What to know: Dense breasts have more fibrous tissue and milk glands than fat tissue. On a mammogram, the dense areas show up as white — the same color as cancer. That can make cancer harder to ...

Women nationwide will soon learn from testing whether they have dense breast tissue that puts them at higher risk. Valerie Austin, 61, at her home in Gainesville, Fla. By Brianna Abbott ...

Dense breast tissue therefore makes it harder for the interpreting radiologist to detect early breast cancers. “Dense breasts may obscure small breast masses and reduce the sensitivity of the ...

Starting this week, all mammography reports and result letters to patients in the United States will be required to include an assessment of a patient’s breast density.

CLEVELAND — In 2015, Ohio became the 20th state to pass dense breast notification legislation to inform women on their mammogram notification whether or not they have dense or fatty breast ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Doctors say having dense breasts can make it harder to see cancer on a mammogram, and it can increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer. The FDA is now requiring doctors to ...

CLEVELAND — In 2015, Ohio became the 20th state to pass dense breast notification legislation to inform women on their mammogram notification whether or not they have dense or fatty breast tissue.