Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don’t realize it’s a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...

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Millions of American women over age 40 receive regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About half of them turn out to have dense breast tissue — which makes screening significantly more ...

The need to improve the detection of breast cancer in women with dense breasts has resulted in the use of additional imaging modalities to supplement screening. Supplemental molecular breast imaging ...

Breast cancer awareness campaigns often focus on mammograms and self-exams. But there's another critical piece of the puzzle that has gotten far less attention until recently: breast density. A year ...

Effective Sept. 10, healthcare facilities providing breast imaging services will be required to notify patients of their breast density in mammography reports. Nina Vincoff, MD, division chief of ...

Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) images in a 52-year-old woman show a high-risk phenotype (top), and FFDM images in a 58-year-old woman show a low-risk phenotype (bottom). The high-risk phenotype ...

I would like to receive WebMD’s Newsletter and other email updates from WebMD. In this webinar, you’ll learn about breast density and why it matters. Elizabeth Dibble, MD, a breast cancer imaging ...

Dr. Troy Mensen is a family medicine doctor based in the Chicago area. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Northern Iowa and his doctorate at Des Moines University College of ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don't realize it's a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...