Radiologists don't agree on what qualifies as "dense breasts," according to a new study. Because tumors are harder to spot in dense breast tissue, and women with dense breasts are at higher risk of ...

About half of women over 40 have dense breasts. The denser the breast tissue, the more difficult it is to spot cancer on a standard mammogram. Having dense breast tissue can make it harder to detect ...

Having scattered fibroglandular tissue means your breasts contain mostly fatty tissue with a few areas of fibroglandular tissue. The density of your breast tissue can affect your breast cancer risk.

If you’ve had a mammogram recently, the doctor or technician may have told you that you have dense breasts. Radiologists in much of the U.S. are required by law to let you know if you fall into that ...

Editor’s Note (9/9/24): A U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that requires mammography facilities to notify women about their breast density goes into effect on Tuesday. This article from 2023 ...