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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.

Scattered fibroglandular breast tissue is when you have scattered areas of dense tissue, but have a higher ratio of nondense fat. About 40% of women have scattered fibroglandular breast tissue.

The dense breast tissue not only makes it challenging to interpret the mammograms, but it is also an independent risk factor that increases the risk of breast cancer. Digital breast tomosynthesis ...

How to know if you have dense breast tissue You likely won't know if you have dense breasts until you go for a breast screening, which is offered to every woman between the ages of 50-71 on the NHS.

'Dense tissue is not only harder to see through on a mammogram, it also appears white. It's often more challenging to make out a solid white lump on a white background in dense breasts,' says Mr Leff.

Why It's Important Dense breast tissue can make cancer and other abnormalities more difficult to detect and increase the likelihood some issues will be entirely missed.

In the U.S., mammograms are recommended yearly or bi-yearly for people aged 40-74. According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly half of women age 40 and older who get mammograms have dense ...

Many patients with dense breast tissue currently have to pay out of pocket or forgo potentially life-saving additional testing, Advamed said in a letter.

The FDA is requiring facilities that perform mammograms to send patients notifications on whether they have dense breast tissue. The unhealthiest fast-food sandwich in America isn't a Big Mac ...

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 ...