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What breast density status can tell us about cardiovascular risk

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

By: Hannah Murphy From: healthimaging.com Example of the four types of breast tissue density. The density of fibroglandular tissue inside the breast impacts the ability to easily see cancers. On X-ray mammography, cancer and dense breast tissue both appear as white and can hide smaller cancers on 2D mammography. Dense breasts are also a risk factor for cancer. Cancers are …