Dense Breasts Increase Breast Cancer Risk
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It used to be believed that women with dense breast tissue had higher rates of breast cancer because the dense breast tissue made it more difficult to spot small tumors on a mammogram. Now, that belief is changing.
Canadian researchers reported last month in The New England Journal of Medicine that there may be more to it than just difficulty in screening.
The results suggest very dense breasts don't just mask tumors but pose "an underlying biological risk," says Dr. Norman Boyd of the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, lead author of the study.
Tests find cancer in dense breasts
Tags: breast cancer, cancer news, mammogram, health
Posted by Staff on February 2, 2007 12:31 PM | DIGG | del.icio.us | furl
Me too. Last time I went for a mammogram and a sonogram it was suggested I might want to also have an MRI. I didn't, but maybe should consider it for next time.
I was always told that dense breasts did not up my breast cancer risk. Guess that's no longer true. My mother died from breast cancer. I'm 60 years old and now must add another risk factor to the list. Happy days!