All women have a mix of the two tissues, but those with more fibroglandular tissue have increased breast density. There are four categories of dense breast tissue: fatty, scattered, heterogeneously ...

Dense breast tissue makes it harder to spot breast cancer on a mammogram, while also increasing the risk of developing cancer ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, ...

The FDA will now require all mammography reports to include whether a person has breast density. Breast density is considered ...

The next category would be scattered fibroglandular density, which is actually the most common,” Berg said. “And then heterogeneously dense, which can obscure masses – at least 25% of ...

10, 2024. The tissue will be categorized as “almost entirely fatty,” “scattered areas of fibroglandular density,” “heterogeneously dense which may obscure small masses” or “extremely ...

If your breast tissue is "almost entirely fatty" or has "scattered areas of fibroglandular density," it is considered to be not dense and the report will include this message: Breast tissue can be ...

As of Sept. 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires those getting mammogram results to also receive notice about ...

“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 ...