Dense breast tissue, which is present in approximately half of all women, creates challenges for radiologists to detect ...

For millions of women, the words “you have dense breasts” can feel both vague and unsettling—especially when it comes after a routine mammogram. Breast density isn’t just a technical term buried in a ...

This image provided by the UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging in October 2024 shows mammogram scans with dense and not dense tissue. (UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging via AP) When a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When a woman has a mammogram, the most ...

When a woman has a mammogram, the most important finding is whether there’s any sign of breast cancer. The second most important finding is whether her breasts are dense. Since early September, a new ...