"Dense breast tissue can mask a cancer," NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar said on TODAY during a segment that aired on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. "But that fibrous and glandular tissue that makes up that dense breast tissue, there's a higher risk of developing cancer in that ...
Dense tissue can camouflage cancer on the mammogram and increase your risk of developing cancer in your lifetime. More screening in addition to a mammogram should be considered for women with dense breasts. For women with less breast density, regular mammogram screening is still essential for early...
and the part of thebreastthat makes milk when breastfeeding. Those tissues look different on a mammogram. We can see through the fat, which appears black on a mammogram. However, the other types of tissue are white and can be difficult to see through. Dense breast tissue can make it more...
Swedish research presented at the eighth European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) in Vienna today (Wednesday), shows women over 50 with denser breast tissue have a higher risk of recurrence.A mammogram gives physicians an image of the breast, showing contrasts of white and black. The white ...
Mammography is an effective screening tool for early detection of breast cancer, but its sensitivity is reduced in dense breast tissue. This is due to the masking effect of overlying dense fibroglandular tissue. Since almost half of the screening population has dense breasts, many of these patient...
from traditional mammograms to digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis, has significantly enhanced our ability to detect cancer at its nascent stages, particularly in women with dense breast tissue. Dense breasts, a common condition, underscore the complexity of detecting anomalies, necessitating a nu...
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue have almost a two-fold increased risk of developing disease in the contralateral breast, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer. The study, published in the journalCancer, is among the first to find the association...
Ideal for dense breast tissue exams Breast tomosynthesis, the most advanced technology for breast health, is a 3-dimensional mammogram that allows the radiologist to view the breast tissue one layer at a time. With this view, the radiologist is able to look at the smallest details rather than...
These imaging tests help doctors diagnose about 75% to 85% of breast cancers. Detection rates get better as a woman ages, because breasts become less dense with age. This makes tissue easier to see through on mammograms. Advancing technology raises detection rates. One study showed that using ...
Using a novel collection of core biopsies from mammographically dense versus non-dense regions of the breasts of healthy women, we examined histologic and molecular differences between these two tissue types. Eligible participants were 40 + years, had a screening mammogram and no prior breast cancer...