#breast density

October is breast cancer awareness month.

This is an interesting snippet about breast density (which means more fibrous and glandular tissue versus fatty tissue).

Routine mammography reports are now required to report breast density to the patient.

This is an A through D scale worth C & D being the most dense. Dense breast tissue makes it hard to impossible to see small cancerous growths and there is an increased risk for breast cancer on dense tissue.

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Breast cancer is the most probable consequence of high breast density which says it’s the topic one must not ignore. Breast density in a woman rises when in the breast, the amount of dense tissue rise in comparison to the fatty tissue by seeing through a mammogram. Dense tissue looks white in a mammogram while fatty tissue looks darker. While seeing through a mammogram a radiologist’s main task is to find out the abnormalities in the breast. Unfortunately, the tumours also appear to be white which makes it harder for the radiologist to find out the tumour using a mammogram. Thus, they use other tools to find out the dense breast tissue such as 3D Mammography which gives the doctor a 3 dimensional view of the breast’s tissue.

There are some other important treatments such as: - Tomosynthesis is an imaging or X-ray technique that can be used to screen for early signs of breast cancer in women with no symptoms. It is a modern tool, being used for patients who have symptoms of breast cancer.

Breast MRI: If Mammography isn’t helping much, doctors prefers Breast MRI. It takes multiple images of the breast, which when combined, give a detailed image of the breast and helps to find out the causes of abnormalities.

TyrerCuzick: It’s a treatment in which a series of question asked to the patient by the doctor, which plays a vital role in the dense breast treatment.

Doubts About the Dense Breast

Dense breast is a common problem yet not the one to ignore. The dense breast can lead to a severe consequence like breast cancer. According to statistics, 40% of the woman suffers from a dense breast. U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics. About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer throughout her lifetime.  We will look at some of the common doubts people have about the…