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 …
4 Things to Know about Breast Density
By: American College of Surgeons (ACS) From: newswise.com This month, a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation goes into effect requiring all mammography facilities in the U.S. to notify women of their level of breast density. Although many centers have already been doing this for several years, the FDA regulation expands the requirement to all breast centers across the …
High breast density tied to impaired recurrence-free cancer survival
By: Amerigo Allegretto From: auntminnie.com Recurrence-free breast cancer survival is less likely in women with high breast density compared to women with low density, according to research published April 18 in The Breast. A team led by Kristina Lång, MD, PhD, from Lund University in Sweden found that these results were especially evident for women with screening-detected cancers. However, they found …