“There are scattered areas of fibroglandular density.” “The breasts are heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses.” “The breasts are extremely dense, which lowers the ...

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And while there are actually four categories used by physicians to categorize breasts—fatty (rare), scattered (most common), heterogeneously dense, and extremely dense—the new rule requires ...

Nearly half of women over 40 have what doctors consider dense breast tissue, which increases their risk of cancer, yet until now, few are told what their diagnosis might mean, or what they should do.

They check your mammogram for abnormal areas, and they also look at breast density. Doctors break down breast density into four categories from almost all fatty tissue (category A) to scattered areas ...

Breasts that are “heterogeneously dense” or “extremely dense” have more of the white areas. If you’re told you have dense breast tissue, you fall into one of these last two categories.

There are four categories: fatty or scattered, which will be labeled as “not dense” on your patient report, and heterogeneously dense or extremely dense, which would be labeled as “dense.” ...

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“And then heterogeneously dense, which can obscure masses – at least 25% of cancers are going to be missed in that category,” she said. “And then extremely dense would be the last category ...

Breast density is categorized into four categories: fatty, scattered tissue, heterogeneously dense or extremely dense. Dense breasts are composed of more fibrous, connective tissue and glandular ...