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9 Μαρ 2024 · Dense breast tissue is a common finding. It doesn't mean there's something wrong. But having dense breasts can affect you in two ways: Increases the chance that breast cancer might be missed on a mammogram. Dense breast tissue is harder to see through on a mammogram image.
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2 Οκτ 2024 · Dense breast tissue cannot be felt by a woman, such as during a breast self-exam, or by her doctor during a clinical breast exam. Only a radiologist looking at a mammogram can tell if a woman has dense breasts. Dense breasts are sometimes called mammographically dense breasts.
In general, patients whose breast density falls into categories C (heterogeneously dense) or D (extremely dense) are considered to have dense breast tissue. This includes about half of all women in the US who have mammograms to look for breast cancer.
Dense breast tissue is commonly found during regular mammograms. Your breast is made of glandular, connective and fatty tissue. Dense breasts have more glandular and fibrous tissue and less fatty tissue. This can make it difficult to see potential cancer on mammograms.
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18 Νοε 2022 · Glandular and fibrous tissues are dense tissue, including milk ducts, glands, and connective tissues. Breast density is categorized into one of four groups: Extremely dense: In about 10% of women, the entire breast is very dense. Heterogeneously dense: In about 40% of women, dense tissue spreads evenly across the breast.
11 Ιουλ 2024 · Dense breast tissue, determined by a radiologist reading a mammogram, can increase the risk of cancer. If you are at high risk, you may consider supplemental screening with other types of imaging. Having dense breasts is a risk factor for breast cancer.
Dense breast tissue is common in younger women. Dense breast tissue absorbs significantly more radiation during mammography compared with fatty breast tissue 1. This occurrence reduces the accuracy of mammography to detect breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue 2 3.
