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Breast Density and Cancer Risk BY SANFORD HEALTH
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reast density is currently a hot topic because legislation has passed in many states making it mandatory for clinics to inform women of their category of breast tissue density. This density notification is usually part of your mammogram results letter.
But what does breast density mean? Imagine you are walking along a snow-covered trail with your coat that has pearl buttons on it. You catch your foot on some ice and as you jerk, you tear the pearls off your coat. You know there are five to find but it is impossible because you are looking for white pearls in a snowbank! This is a good way to think of breast density. When you have extremely dense or heterogeneously dense breast tissue, it makes identifying worrisome findings more difficult on a mammogram.
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